#...the japanese song being a song about a female hunting a male and at the end when she catches him

[thetimelordbatgirl]

The more I look into the weird shit with Airachnid in Japan's dub of Transformers Prime, the more I'm like:

[yutahoes]

Music, Dance

loosely inspired by the lyrics of Music, Dance by NCT 127

pairing : gunman! Yuta x stripper! Reader

genre : smut, slight fluff

warning : Alcohol, Lap Dance, Slight striptease, Teasing, Lots of hickeys, Breast fondling and sucking, Oral - Female and Male Receiving, Fingering, Unprotected Sex, Gun, Mention of killings, Drugs, Cursing

(I would also like to warn you about a badly written scenario with a badly written smut 😅)

word count : 5.5k

(Please forgive me. I went all out and crazy over this 😭)

summary : You are his star, the hottest, the shiniest. He is your music, the only one you wanted to dance to.

For @neosmutcollective ‘s 3rd Event: Risqué

She's the star. The gem shining brighter than the lights illuminating the place. 

And his gaze can't leave her. 

The way she walked to the platform, full of confidence with a cocky expression, attracted him. She knew full well that all eyes were on her. And they are, as they should be. 

She smiled at the people before holding the pole on stage, swaying her hips along with the bass music booming through the speakers. The flickering lights made her sultry movements shine. Her haughty smile at the men who crave for her, made him breathless. As her body swayed on the music, she playfully attempted to remove her red brassiere which made the men holler. 

Who wouldn't? She's perfect. Her voluptuous body. Her sinful movements. She's addicting to look at. A real jewel. Her eyes caught his and she winked, making him smirk. A strain on his pants is evident. All this, because of her. Only her. 

His star. 

--

She smiled the moment she came inside the door of the private room. "You're here…" she started, strutting in red high heels. "Senpai." 

Yuta smirked. He might be here too often. But can he blame himself when this is the only place he can go tonight? "You don't like it?" She laughed, sitting beside him on the red velvet couch. She poured beer on his half-filled glass, drinking some and leaving a red lipstick mark on the glass then handing it to him. "You're wearing lipstick tonight." He claimed, drinking beer on the same glass. 

"I'm not in the mood for some action." She rolled her eyes, standing up. He watched as she sway her hips, walking in her red high heels to where the audio player of the room is. "The usual, isn't it?" She didn't wait for his answer as she played a sultry song with piano and keyboards in the background. He leaned on the couch, putting down the glass of beer to fully focus on her.  

The girl went up to the table, her heels clicking across the hard wood while slowly turning around the pole of said table. Her eyes stared at him, those black orbs pulling him in. Sensually, she swayed her hips downward. Her fingers majestically grasping the pole. He was enticed. Her seductive gaze. Her haughty expression. It made his pants tighter.

Noticing this, she raised an eyebrow then parted her legs in front of him while sitting on the edge of the table. She stretched one leg, her heel gliding to his thigh to his crotch. Yuta gasped. “Do you like this, senpai?” Her voice was low, laced in sex. She played with the bulging in his pants using her foot as he closed his eyes in pleasure.  

The music stopped that made her chuckle. "It’s three am, I'm done.” He’s close. Too close. “Do you need anything else?" He glared at her. She's really something. “Next time, come earlier.” She said with a smirk then showed her palm. Yuta was chuckling as he opened his wallet to pull some cash as a tip for her but she took some more from his wallet that made him shake his head. “I’ll wait for you, senpai.” She winked before standing up and walking out of the door. 

Yuta shook his head, chuckling to himself. She’s one of a kind. 

--

"Where have you been?" Doyoung asked as soon as he entered the door to their hideout. "Taeyong hyung is looking for you." 

Yuta dropped his keys on the table, opening the suitcase full of armed weapons. He took one gun, reloading some bullets. "Where?" 

"27th street," Doyoung said while looking at his computer, "12th building." The older smirked, cocking the gun he's holding. "Are you going to bring just that?" Yuta pointed his gun to the dummy on the side, pulling the trigger that the bullet shot through the middle of the dummy's forehead. 

Things were pretty bad in the 12th building. But he's not a hired gunman if he ran away. It was just two big men, why is Taeyong so scared of them? Without even a sweat, he shot both guys on the head. "Where were you?" The leader asked, getting the suitcase full of money then another suitcase with the drugs in it. "Are you with that girl again? I swear Yuta, one day I will hunt that girl down…" 

He pointed the gun on Taeyong's head, "Do that TY, and I swear the next bullet I'll shoot will be in your brain."

"So you're already crazy for this girl?" He teased but Yuta just glared at him. "Call Jaehyun, ask him to clean this up." The gunman hissed. He hated this. 

--

The next time came earlier than expected. There wasn’t much to do in the organization anyways so he watched her in her stuff, being other men’s eye candy. The thought that these sleazy men were putting their hands on her made his blood boil that he’s suddenly annoyed now. Should he kill someone today? He's been in a sour mood lately. 

“You’re early.” The girl teased as she entered the door in her red ensemble and high heels. Her lips were flaming red that made him hiss, no action. “You look unwell.” 

She swayed her hair as she opened the audio player for another instrumental music. “I’m not in a good mood today.” She turned to him, her tongue swiping along her bottom lip. 

“I can change that.” She smirked then knelt on the couch that she’s sitting on his lap. “Can you pay extra today?” Yuta nodded and she smiled. “Remove my lipstick,” she ordered. He looked at her in confusion, why wear that if she wanted it removed? “Kiss me.” 

He smirked. “That’s against the club rules.” 

“I make my own rules.” Her voice is confident. She wanted this. “Kiss me, senpai.” He didn’t need to be told twice as he leaned in to place his lips on her. She rolled her eyes when he broke the kiss, “You kiss like a dad saying goodnight to his daughter.” She leaned in to suck his bottom lip, making Yuta gasp. Her lips were so soft, her tongue slithering inside him tasting like mint, lime, and alcohol. When she break away from the kiss, she tapped his cheek. “That is how you kiss.”

She really does know how to turn around someone’s mood. But had she done this with other guys? It’s against the rules to touch a dancer inappropriately. The reason why, even if he wanted to touch her, his hands remain on his side. Naturally, it’s also against the rules to kiss the dancer, moreover sex. And she’s willing to break those rules for some cash. Is she in dire need of money? 

“I still have my lipstick,” she said while swiping her thumb against her bottom lip, a faint red stain can still be seen. “This is trouble.” He looked curiously at her. But her, wearing lipstick is so hot. “I can’t mark you.” Her voice was low, seductive. 

“Why not?”

Her lips were automatically placing small kisses on his jaw. “Your wife will see.” Yuta laughed, funny of her to think that he has a wife. "You don't? A girlfriend then?" He shook his head. 

She looked surprised and he chuckled. "Why would I be here if I have a girlfriend?" 

She raised an eyebrow at that. "You'll be surprised at how many guys here have girlfriends and wives." She sat properly to face him. "So have you danced before?" Yuta gave her a curious look. Danced? "Don't tell me you're a virgin, senpai." 

Is that what it meant? He smirked, shaking his head. "Have you danced before?" 

She beamed at that. "That's my job." She leaned closer, her lips on his neck. She sucked on his skin, letting her tongue lick the spot before kissing it. "Maybe you just need to find the correct music to dance along." She did the same to the other side of his neck, him groaning at the warmth of her mouth. 

The girl had to smile at her masterpiece, giggling at the purple marks she did to him. "It's three am. Your time is up." Her fingers trailed from his neck down to his clothed chest then to the tent of his pants, taking time in playing with his growing bulge. "You have to go back before those marks disappear, senpai." 

But his focus was on her middle finger rubbing the tip of his clothed member. He muttered a breathy curse that made her smile. Her fingers moved up to his torso that made him open his eyes. "I'll see you soon, senpai." She sucked on his bottom lip while standing up. The lack of contact made him sigh, breathing heavily as she walked out the door. 

He wanted her, so bad. 

--

The guys were staring at his neck when Yuta entered their safehouse, grinning like wolves to themselves. "What?" He asked, pissed off, then sat on the vacant spot on the chair next to Jaehyun.

Taeyong just shook his head before handing out his phone to Johnny and Doyoung. "Get ready for our next transaction two days from now." It was passed to both Jaehyun and Yuta that made the latter surprised. 

"Club Fancy?" He asked which made Taeyong nod. 

Why there? Of all the clubs in town. Why does it have to be that club? "We need you there Yuta if something happens," Johnny ordered. And he wished nothing happened. He doesn't want anything bad to happen. Especially to her. 

--

The lights were flickering as different women grace the stage with their seductive moves. But none of them fascinate Yuta. Weirdly, there are five of them in one area, drinking slowly and cautious of the surrounding. Someone here is their enemy tonight. 

When the speakers boomed a sensual song and a silhouette of the girl on the platform can be seen, Yuta sighed. “They won’t come. Let’s go.” But the four just stare at him then at the girl who was shining under the spotlight. The Japanese man hissed as he sat down, why would she wear that set tonight? All black leather, with a garter belt and pantyhose, black stilettos showing off her confidence. She's out here to take everyone's attention. 

“That’s your girl?” Johnny asked and he glared at him. 

“Let’s have a little show,” Taeyong exclaimed and Jaehyun chuckled. 

Yuta was pissed off at this point. He’s sure they’re just teasing him. Is the transaction in this club even real? Instead of enjoying himself through her little striptease, he was more than worried. He doesn’t trust these guys. What if they do something to her? 

Her eyes were glancing around, illuminated by the stage lights, as if looking for someone. Her gaze kept on looking at the area where he usually sits alone. A warm feeling crept up his body. Is she looking for him? Surprisingly, his eyes met hers and she smirked before twirling around the pole to give attention to other men worshipping her on her feet. She is. 

Once the set was finished, he told them to leave already but it was Johnny who teased that he just wanted a private time with ‘his girl’. That sounded nice. But she’s not his. 

She passed by their table with other girls and her manager but she stopped in front of them. "Senpai," she greeted that made the other guys snicker. "You're back early," Yuta smirked at her. "And you brought friends." Her eyes traveled on each of his colleagues' faces as if memorizing it. 

"It's an official business." 

"Here?" She asked then raised an eyebrow at him. "And I thought I could spend some alone time with you." She said loud enough for the other guys to hear. They only smiled knowingly at that. 

Does she really have to do it today? But two can play this game. "You want to spend some alone time with me?" 

"Of course, you're my favorite." Damn it, she's so good. He smirked at that. Her favorite. "Finish your business. I'll see you at six am later." She flipped her hair before following the group of girls to the other table. Six am? The club is already closed at that time. 

Fuck, he thought. "We need to finish early." 

--

It's two hours past the assigned time when the five decided to leave the club. Yuta's eyes wandered to her before leaving the club, another male's hand on her thigh that pissed him off. 

Taeyong stopped on his tracks when ten other guys, all clad in black, blocked their way. Yet, even if three of them are skilled in guns it's still no match to ten amateur shooters. Yuta was once again pissed off that he suffered a gunshot wound on his shoulder. Totally a first. 

He was lucky that police sirens can be heard that made everybody scram out of the place. Even if he wanted to come back inside, to make sure she's safe and to see her, he can't. Not when Johnny is already dragging him to the car while muttering how stupid it is that he got hurt. 

It annoyed him. Did he really think that he wanted this? What annoyed him the most is that he can't see her. Will she be waiting for him? Should he just go to the club and come clean to her? Tell her he's shot and maybe he can bring her to his place. But damn, with his injury he can't do anything with her. Why doesn't he even know anything about her? Name. Number. None. 

As much as it annoyed him, he waited until the bandages are gone and the wound is completely healed. Until he knew that he can hold her in his arms. He pondered whether to watch her perform, ask for a private lap dance once again, or just wait for her. Yet in the end, he wanted her alone so he waited until six am for her. Unsure if she’s here today. 

What should he tell her? Sorry that she had to wait. Did she wait? Tell her that he’s been shot. But she will surely ask what he does for a living, what happened. Is he ready to tell her everything? That he’s an evil man, a greedy man who kills people just to spend some time with her. 

There are two things that can happen when she finds out the truth. First, she’ll avoid him like the plague. He’s a dangerous man, he’ll understand. Second, she’ll stay and enter his world. And that scared him more. 

But when she went out of the club, he stopped then gaped at her. She looked different in the natural light, with less make-up and more clothes. If possible, she’s prettier. A contrast to the fox she is inside the club, an angel. In no time, he was out of his car that surprised her. She looked surprised. “Long time no see.” 

“Sorry.” The only thing he can mutter right now. “Things happened.” 

“What things?”

He can’t. If she finds out about it, she’ll be in trouble. He can’t risk that. “Just things.” He mumbled. She raised an eyebrow at him, arms crossed on her chest. “Do you need a ride home?”

A smirk appeared on her lips. “I think I want to ride something else.” Fuck, he really can’t escape her. 

--

Yuta wasn’t sure why of all the places, he brought her to his apartment. The girl marveled at how elegant everything looked, plopping herself on his couch. Yuta went to the kitchen to bring out two glasses and wine that made her giggle. Early morning and wine. “This is one amazing crib,” she exclaimed, eyes not leaving the interior of the house. “You’re a really wealthy man.” He shook his head. He’s not. “So what do you do for a living?” She asked casually, pouring wine on both glasses. 

“Things.” He took the glass of wine, drinking it without removing his eyes on her. He sat on the chair opposite her, the wooden coffee table separating them both.  

She smirked. "Will you tell me in exchange for something?" She asked in that haughty voice of her which made him nervous. Why is she so interested in the things he does? She arched her hips, pulling down her panty from under her skirt. He watched as she removed one leg then raised her other leg that has the fabric of her underwear, hanging on her foot. "So what do you do for a living, senpai?” 

Yuta laughed before taking her underwear then holding her foot. He kissed her calf, licking the skin where his lips were earlier. “I steal jewelry..” His kisses went up to her leg that he’s now kneeling in front of her. “I rob banks.” By now, his lips and tongue were on her thigh. “I deal with drugs.” 

He sucked on the skin near her throbbing core, his head under her pleated skirt. “I kill people.” A gasp can be heard but he wasn’t sure if it was because his tongue entered her or his confession. She tastes so good that it’s addicting. Her moans and her scent, indulging his senses. He held both her legs to wrap them around his head, pushing him further inside her. Her hands thread on his hair, tugging it and he smirked as he felt her clenching on him. 

He removed his tongue inside her then flicked her clit that earned a moan from her. She looked so erotic: hips arched, lips agape and, eyes closed. He wanted her real bad. He sucked on her clit, pushing a finger inside her to stimulate the spot that made her scream in no time. Her moans of pleasure were so stimulating that he pushed her to her limit. 

She shook in orgasm but he kept his finger inside her, even inserting another one. He sat on the table while watching her ride his fingers. “Senpai,” she said in a breathy moan. “Are you going to kill me?” Another finger was inserted and she grabbed his arm, the wounded arm from before. Yuta smiled, he’s relieved that he waited or else this will be trouble. Her nails dig on his flesh, turning him on. "Senpai," she called as her body squirmed for her second orgasm. 

Her breathing was ragged, heavy pants against his shoulder. “You’re really going to kill me.” 

Yuta laughed, a sound vibrating against the walls of the house. “I can’t do that to you.” The girl tapped the space on the couch next to her and Yuta obeyed, sitting next to her. She sat on his lap, her wet core rubbing against his thigh. “You really want to ride something else?” 

She grinned. “I feel safe in your lap.” That startled him. He’s not a safe man. There’s blood in his hands, a lot of people he killed. Her fingers grazed the scar on his arm. “Were you shot? That’s why it took a long time for you to come back to the club?” 

“Were you waiting?” 

“I wish you wouldn’t do something like this again.” Her lips hovering against his, “If I give you something, can you stop meeting with them?”  

Yuta smirked. She slowly removed her shirt, his hands traveling on her back and stopping to where her brassiere is. He marveled at how soft her skin is, that she is his for today. His mouth found her naked breasts, his hands on the curve of her waist. He didn't know how he managed to get her inside his room without breaking their steamy kiss but he did. A chuckle escaped his lips when she pushed him to bed, shimmying out of her skirt that she's naked now. She found her place on his lap once again, hands trailing under his shirt. 

He loved how dominant she looked while slowly removing his shirt, her fingers tracing the tattoo he had. "So hot." She whispered, licking his earlobe then heading south to trace the inks on his skin with her tongue. But she's hotter in this position that he can't help but jerk his hip up to grind on her. She moaned before licking the lines visible on his abdomen as her hands started unbuckling his belt. 

His remaining clothing was quickly discarded, his cherry cock springing hard for her. He watched as she rubbed her wet pussy lips against his length as if teasing him, staring in her haughty expression. Yuta groaned when she slowly sat on him, entering her core with ease. She's so wet and so tight. His self-control thinning out to not fuck her mercilessly on the mattress. She started riding him, controlling their thrusts. One hand was holding Yuta's chest for support, the other on the headboard as her body bounced above his. The man licked his lips. Her breasts jiggling at the motion, her mouth agape as soft whimpers can be heard, her eyes closed tight while her head rolled back. Fuck, she is so hot. 

He sat up, holding her waist to help her ride his cock while his mouth started to attack her mounds causing her to move forward. His cock hit a different angle that made her moans louder. He could feel her clenching on him that made him smirk. Already? Yuta started jerking his hip up, meeting her thrusts halfway that made her scream. His control is now gone. He just wanted her to orgasm, to make her shake in his arms. 

Her body was closer to his, nails digging on his shoulder that made him groan against her ear. She came with a shudder but he didn't stop thrusting inside her tight core. He could feel himself getting thicker by the second and with another thrust, came inside her. His lips were on her, whispering apologies for cumming inside her but she just shook her head, smiling at him. 

"Shouldn't I know your name by now?" She whispered, breathing heavily beside him. Her fingers started trailing the tattoo marks in his skin. "I can't call you senpai forever, you know?" 

Yuta chuckled at that. "If you find out my name, you wouldn't be able to escape me." 

"What if I don't want to escape?"

The guy smirked at her haughtiness. "Yuta," he whispered, lips hovering against her. "And I want you to shout that name when you cum." 

The girl giggled when he hovered above her in bed, his mouth started sucking supple marks on her skin. Her fingers thread on his hair, tugging on the strands as she kept on moaning his name over and over. It turned him on, knowing that it was her who's giving her this much. "Yuta." she whispered, “Please, Yuta." 

He started kissing her breasts then licking up to her neck. He held both her legs wrapping them on his waist before thrusting into her so deep that she screamed while fisting the bedsheets. "Now move, Yuta." He kept on slamming into her as she scratched his arm in pleasure, repeatedly whispering his name in every thrust. "Oh my God. Yuta!" She shouted while he kept hitting her pleasure spot, pushing his cock into her so deep that she started shaking in orgasm while calling for him. 

He kept giving her multiple orgasms in exchange for her calling his name, only his name as if chanting a magic spell. Yuta kept filling her up, kissing every skin in her body. He liked this feeling. That she's his. That they're the only ones who matter in the world. And he wished every day could be like this. He needed to stop working with them, put his life into order and get her out of the club. They can start a new life together and every day will be exactly like this. 

“Will you stop dancing in the club if I promise to stop doing this?” Her gaze on him was warm, looking surprised that he even said those words to her. “Let’s run away. Just you and me.” 

A heavy breath escaped her lips. "I can't." She nuzzled her head on his chest. "I still have to finish something." 

"Then I'll wait for you." 

--

He let her do what she wanted. He let her go her way, whatever she wanted, that's her. She knew where she's attracted. To the stage, with everyone's eyes on her. And Yuta had no problems with that. He'll wait for her, he promised that. 

"Why are you here?" She asked, smiling like a teenage school girl then running to him in her heels. "Did you miss me, Yuta?" she grinned, sitting on his lap. His hands were automatically on her waist, like previous nights when she did the same action. 

He thought he was okay with her like this. Clearly, he's not. 

His tongue darted out to lick a spot on her neck. "You have a hickey," he claimed while touching the spot he just licked, a faint purple bruise can be seen. 

She gulped hard. "The client paid extra so I thought it's alright." 

"Do you think it's alright?" She shook her head but he gripped her hair, pulling it. "You wanted to be a slut?" A glint appeared in her eyes and she nodded that surprised him. "Do you know what sluts do?" 

She gasped. "That's against club rules." 

"I'll pay extra since you love money so much." She gulped when he started unbuckling his belt, revealing his semi-hard cock. "Now, suck, my slut." She was kneeling in front of him. The warmth of her mouth engulfing him, the softness of her tongue in contrast with his hardness. Her hand gripped on the base of his cock as the other played with his balls. "Fuck, that's so good." He growled, tugging on her hair. 

She started using her tongue to lap him up from the shaft and tasting the precum seeping on his tip. Her hands started jerking his cock then licked the underside of his balls that made his eyes widened. Fuck, that is different. Where the hell did she learn all these techniques? A smirk appeared on her face when she returned to sucking his cock in such force that made him groan. He's so close. 

The girl started deep-throating him, pulling back then bobbing her head once again. Yuta groaned at the sensation when she bobbed her head faster, eager to get him to his release. "God." Yuta groaned, saliva dripping on his balls. "You're so good." His hand tightened on her hair as she deepthroats him once again, eyes rolling back as he felt his release that made his body tremble. 

She slurped his cum, even lapping up the tip of his cock to clean him up. He saw her gulp, swallowing the heavy load in her throat then placed a soft kiss on his cock. His thumb wiped her mouth and she sucked on the finger that made him smile. "That was the best blowjob ever." 

The girl licked her lips then smirked. "And it will cost you." Yuta took out his wallet but she slapped his hand, sitting on his lap once again. "You're gonna have to fill me up later." Is it a cum fetish? Why is she like this? 

Yuta nodded then leaned in to kiss her, tongue exploring her wet cavern. His phone rang that halted their make-out. What the hell? Why now? She stared at him and he just looked at his phone for a while, a message from Taeyong. 

He groaned which was immediately drowned by her lips, her hand taking his phone away. "What's your plan?" She whispered but he only stared at her when another message came. Taeyong gave the name of a building, telling him to come immediately. "Stay." 

"This is the last time." He kissed her once again. "I'll come back real quick." She called his name in a desperate attempt to stop him. "I promise, this is the last time." 

"Yuta, I have to tell you something." 

"Later." He kissed her again then springing into his feet, leaving her on the couch. "Wait for me." And he was out of the door in no time, phone on his ear.  

--

Another dealing and he didn't know exactly why the five of them were needed this time. When police sirens were heard, he already knew why. They're cornered. A total first. Who the fuck caused this? And why now? 

With Doyoung's quick thinking, he and Yuta had an escape on one of the backdoors. But the younger was easily caught by one of the armed men, even overhearing that they were caught because of Doyoung's phone. Yuta escaped outside, watching as the four were held by bulky policemen. This is bad. He even left his gun inside because of the commotion. 

"Stop right there.” He heard someone say. He was about to turn to know who it was when the voice continued, “Hands up.” followed by a clicking sound of a gun and cold metal on his nape. He followed the order, raising his hand above his head. A hand went on his waist as if looking for something that made him smirk, obviously a woman’s hand. 

“Go south. I might have been hiding something.” The metal behind him was pressed on the back of his head that made him chuckle. “I can give you a better night, you know?” 

“I know.” That voice. “Now move, Yuta.” Her. 

He was pushed on a wall, a gun still pointed at the back of his head. When he felt it gone, his hands were bound behind him as the cold metal can be felt on his wrists. Handcuffs. “Who are you exactly?” He wasn’t surprised when he turned to see who it was. Of course, it’s her. His star. "Is this your plan?" She remained expressionless, one hand getting out her phone while the other was on his chest to stop him from going somewhere. "All of this, pretending to be a stripper and fucking me, just to trap us? Am I an easy prey for you?" 

There was surprise in her features as she looked at him. "No, Yuta. You're not." She returned her phone back to her pocket. "You weren't our target at first but you made connections with the syndicate we're after and now, the five of you are under the radar." She explained. "I did warn you to stop meeting up with them." He rolled his eyes at that. "We should be at your place right now if you just did your promise." 

Now that he's staring, he can’t deny that she looks so good in her ponytail and black ensemble. Red lips ruining his focus as his mind whirled on those soft plump lips marking his skin. Her soft skin on his fingertips. Her warmth felt through his body. She looks different when she's serious, more charming. Hotter, even. “I genuinely like you.” 

She stepped closer and his heart skipped a beat at her scent. She’s still addicting. “So do I, Yuta.” 

"Then you should let me go." 

She shook her head. "They already saw you." Her fingers trailed from his shoulder to his chest, making him smirk. “Don’t worry. Please bear with this for a while, I’ll make sure that they will treat you well.” He raised an eyebrow at that, looking skeptical at her words. Can he still trust her? But she leaned closer, her lips sucking on a spot on his neck that made him groan. “You will miss me while in prison." She touched the hickey she just made. "So I guess I’ll have to see you before these marks disappear from your neck.” 

"You can do that?" 

"Be a good boy and I'll just might do that." He can see people walking to where they are. "I might even help you get out of prison." 

"Why are you helping me?" He asked but the girl smirked at him, "You're my music, senpai." 

“Miss Y/N.” A policeman greeted her with a salute. Yuta realized that this was the first time he heard her name. She nodded before two guys held his arm, dragging him away from her. “Chief has been looking for drug organizations for so long. It only needs her so they can get more information for other organizations.” One guy said to the other. 

“Chief was right to name her the star of the police force.” The other claimed. 

Yuta smiled. His gaze fell to her, watching as she was standing in front of someone in another police uniform. She turned to him and their eyes met that instant. Yuta smirked when she winked at him. Truly, one of a kind.   

His star. His music. 

He hoped he could dance with her again. 

[randomkposts]

Do you have some headcanons of fem l and light?

K:- a few

E:-Fem L. "Biggest fangirl for Misa Misa"

Will never admit it out loud, but inwardly was very glad she finally got to meet him even if he did get arrested for being a 2nd Kira. 

Fem L probably has a closet full of similar clothes with multi shades of color. Watari has been beside himself trying to get her to socialize. 

K:- Female Light made a point of being very good at DDR. She likes to play it off as effortless and graceful winner, but though she dislikes acting on it out loud, she's very competitive. That Misa is better then her at it bothers her. 

She's not sure if it's worse when Misa forgets and wins, or looses on purpose and Light has to live with knowing that. 

Misa is better then L and Light. It bothers both of them. L is more vocal about it. 

E:-Lmao Misa Misa is better than DDR and this is unacceptable. 

At first it was a light friendly competition to Misa, until hours later Misa is begging Light to get off the Machine see! Misa misa lost this time!

Light: Don't you dare look down on me!*sweaty huffy mess*

Bahahah L even is bothered by this. Misa always looks so good and put together while he leaves both of them in the dust. 

K:-When did those come out?

E:-L has a cabinet dedicated to nothing but sugary ceral in the headquarters. 

K:- Poker face is 2008, by Lady Gaga. Then again there are multiple songs named Poker Face. 

Kira case started in 2003 and part 2 started 2009…Hey Imagine them dancing to Evanescence? Or shake your tail feathers. 

E:-WAKE ME UP INSIDE! 🎶

K:- 🎶 Bid my blood to run! Before I come undone 🎶

E:- 🎶SAVE MEEEE TOOOOONIGGGGHHHHHT 🎶

K:-How insane do you think an office karaoke party would go?

Light is an OK singer . She can carry it compantatly, but has a better ear then her voices ability to preform, so prefers to hum. 

L does have a nice voice, but does not want to preform publicly. She's kind of self councious about it

Misa is trained professionally of course

Matsuda is not good and cares more about having fun then being self conscious. 

E:-Omg imagine Watari is just killing it at the karaoke bar! I love this now! We can never let this go!

K:- Its canon now Eclipse!

Hmm

Lady Light did in fact help set up traps to protect Syau's Diary once. She's always been really careful about poking around her room since. 

Sayu's friend:- you could look at your sisters notes

Sayu:- not without her permission

Friend:- you could sneak in

*Sayu has a flashback to the time Light set up traps around Syau's Diary*

Sayu:- no thank you, I like my hands as they are

Friend: say what now?

Sayu: my sister really values privacy. 

Actually that probably explains how canon Light knew how to trap a desk and why Syau was never hurt poking around it. 

She had some caution installed in her long ago. 

E:-Omg! That's so sweet of Light! But also where did she learn how to rig a bomb lmaoooo! Things male Light does also makes me squint at him. 

K:-Where does a Japanese kid learn to rig a desk bomb in the 90s?Tell me Obata! Where!

E:-Honestly these crazy kids and their pyro antics. 

K:- hmm between Mello and Light, you have a point. Unrelated, but if Light had a chance, she would probably be intrested in hunting with Birds. Like, Lights a poupluar person who spends time keeping up grades and poupluarity, and sports are there to look cool and be good at, but I think solitude and a chance to foccus with one animal and not put up with the expecations of people, and just the care and teaching of the hawk ir whatever would probably have been good for Light, regardless of gender. But the thought of Light Yagami sending her bird to try to scare L is one that makes me laugh.

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Dancing with Strangers

Ok here’s part 2 I guess, this is a bit longer than the first one, I was listening to the playlist again and kinda got into the zone. This chapter is where things get a little hotter but theres no sexy time still...I don’t know do you guys want that? Do you want more plot? I don’t know how long I wanna make this story guess I’ll leave it up to you guys so let me know what you think. Also the image included is one I drew digitally from a template found on Pinterest, if you repost or use it please give just mention me :)

Warnings: swearing in this one, very suggestive behaviour and language, nothing to spicy

Like to Part 1 here-https://egyptsblackrose.tumblr.com/post/648370506842701824/dancing-with-strangers-ok-so-theres-a-playlist

Part 2-

You were grinning from ear to ear, a gentle happy buzz fizzing under your skin as you entered the heat of the club your friends insisted was the best in town. Been an exchange student in a very different country like Japan could have been a scary experience for anyone, but you had actually spend some of your young life living in Hiroshima and made life long friends, 2 of which were currently pulling on your hands to lead you to the bar as they laughed loudly. Japanese was your second language, one you adored and had kept practicing through the years, and when the chance came to study at the same uni as your best friends for your final year, you couldn’t buy the plane ticket fast enough!

“Y/N! What are you drinking?!” Miku shouted to you over the music, Sakura already flirting with the barman.

“Same as before, just a vodka and coke please Mi-Mi.” She nodded and turned to Sakura, yelling at her to order the drinks already. You couldn’t help but smile and shake your head at your friends antics. They never seemed to change, no matter how many years passed.

Taking a look around the club, you was somewhat relieved that the crowd on the dance floor wasn’t too crazy. You could hold your liquor pretty well, hence why you weren’t as effected as the others in your group, and you didn’t want to loose people in the crowd.

A sudden shiver took over your body, heat stroking your skin like a touch, trailing over your form. Not so surprising, people were often surprised to see a foreigner in the clubs, so you brushed it off. Taking the drink Miku had bought you for her round, your group cheered and took a drink. As “Such a Whore” finished, you and your friends cheered as “Sexy chick” began, quickly finishing your drinks and heading to the dance floor.

———

Blue and black eyes roamed the foreign beauty with no attempt at hiding their interest. She was stunning; her lush hair shimmering in the flashing lights and flowing with every move she made, dressed in something skin tight and pretty to show off her curves but not too revealing and flashy, make-up made to look natural and only flatter her already pretty features. Her body rolled in controlled rhythms to match the beat, her feet shuffling. God she was a sight for sore eyes.

Her face lit up as she and the group surrounding her recognised the beginning of “Lights down low”. Then the real show began. It was like she rehearsed the dance before, singing along to the sinful words. Gojo licked his bottom lip slowly, his blue eyes glued to the way she threw her head back and grinned cheekily at no one. Kakashi couldn’t stop staring at how her hips snapped and thrust like she was acting out the song from both male and female perspectives, his hand tightening dangerously on the glass bottle now finished in his hand. Images of possibilities filled their minds.

“Damn,” Gojo sighed almost to himself.

Kakashi nodded in agreement anyway. “Please tell me you don’t want her for yourself.”

Gojo grin was devilish. “Now where’s the fun in that?” He chuckled, passing his brother another beer he’d just bought, sipping as the foreign beauty dancing like a damn belly dancer to “Culo”. “Do you wanna try make the first move this time?”

The other white haired male shook his head. “Wouldn’t want to risk loosing this one.” Gojo patted his back good natured lay. He was proud of how far his best friend had come in his confidence and prowess, but he knew he had a way to go yet.

“I know what you mean though pal, what a catch.” His blue eyes narrowed at some men clearly eye-fucking you. “I’m gonna make our play before one of those wolves takes a bite.” Kakashi levelled the group was a fierce glare of his own, nodding in approval. This was their hunting ground after all, others had to wait their turn and take the scraps.

Handing his half empty bottle to his still glaring friend, Gojo gracefully weaved through the crowd, gently easing past the many women trying to dance with him. He was determined, his goal set, eyes locked on you.

Your friends span you, making you laugh, but you paused for a second to grin as “Promiscuous” opened up. What you hadn’t expected was a very hot, very pleasant voice to gently sing the beginning “How you doing young lady,” into your ear.

Surprised, you turned only to pause as the most amazing blue eyes you’d ever seen pierced through your gaze and stared right at your soul. Your cheeks heated as the man grinned, pleased at your staring and continued his singing. Blinking to clear your mind from the surprise and shock that a damn MODEL was hitting on you, you began singing too.

“You expect me to just let you hit it, but will you still respect me if you get it.” Your tone held a warning in there somewhere, wether he picked up on it over the volume was another matter. The white haired beauty before you laughed cheerfully, smoothly taking your hand and spinning you to face away from him, before pulling you back so you were pressed up to him.

“I’m curious about you, you seem so innocent.” He teased, hands squeezing your hips. You didn’t even pause, singing the reply but focused more on moving your body to the beat, and into his. “Promiscuous girl, your teasing me. You know what I want, and I got what you need.” He growled in your ear, causing your spine and insides to shudder in delight. You tilted your head back and laughed, only hitting his chest. God this guys tall.

You dipped to the floor and brought yourself up elegantly against him, now facing the dazzling stranger with a teasing grin of your own. “I’m a big girl I can handle myself, but if I get lonely imma need your help. Pay attention to me, I don’t talk for my health.”

The male’s grin turned hungry, his large hands dragging up the side of your body from your hip, tracing your collarbone, before wrapping his hand around your throat. There was no pressure, he just rested his big hand there, engulfing your neck easily, making you look at him as he bit his lip. “The names Gojo Satoru, and you beautiful, can call me Sensei.”

“My names L/N Y/N, not beautiful, flattery only gets you so far...onii-san.” You smirked back as the song changed to “Where have you been”.

Gojo smiled genuinely, letting out a long hum of amusement. “Then let me start by buying you a drink beautiful, I left my brother all alone at the bar just to try talk to you.”

Laughing, you raised a brow. “Talk? Yeah right. I’m sorry but I’m out with my friends, and I don’t want to leave them, I’m the most sober one after all-”

“Of course she’ll have a drink!” Miku all but screamed excitedly. You turned to her with a frown, opening your mouth to refuse, but she grabbed your arm and whispered loudly in your ear. “He’s Gojo Satoru, and his friend is Kakashi Hatake! They’re like small time celebs around here, they’re both hot as fuck and close. Like REALLY close, they only ever take a girl home who they both want, they know what the fuck they're doing too and they’re policemen! Trust me, go with them and thank me later! I’ll see you tomorrow!”

Miku all but pushed you into Gojo waiting arms, the male chuckling charmingly at the scene. You watched as your group of friends gave you thumbs up and shooed you away, Sakura and Miku blowing you kisses and winks. “What the?”

“So, what can I get you beautiful?” Gojo purred in your ear to distract you, his arm wrapping comfortably around your shoulders and leading you back to Kakashi who had ordered another drink, and was straightening out his shirt and hair out of nervousness. “Don’t worry, just one drink, anything you want and if your not having fun by the end of it, then I’ll escort you back to your friends myself.”

You bit your lip, about to glance back at your friends to check on them, when another handsome white haired male gently smiled at you, with stunning black eyes, an adorable beauty mark on his chin, a dangerous scar over one eye and a perfect jawline. “One drink wont hurt then, I guess.” You replied, almost shyly as you stood between both men, leaning against the bar.

One drink turned into four, and they were not drunk quick ether. You had lost track of time and songs playing as Gojo and Kakashi bantered easily, always keeping you involved and centre of attention. You were beyond grateful that you could hold your liqueur and hadn’t being going crazy like your friends, it made it easy to follow along with the conversation. You were quick to pitch in effortlessly with cheeky and teasing remarks that had the 2 men both in stitches with laughter, and enamoured with you all at once. Most women were happy to sit and giggle, focus on looking pretty and flirt with suggestive touching, not really focus on what they were saying. You were intelligent, modest and sweet with undertones of naughty delight. It excited both men more than anything had in a while.

When a more suggestive song came through the speakers, Gojo sent Kakashi a discrete look, both leading you to the dance floor after your drinks were finished. Once in their favourite spot, their stage was set to begin the best part of the hunt. This part was more than just seduction, this was about using the music, their words, bodies and heat to turn yours on to the max, until you couldn’t take it anymore. And their favourite spot held just enough cover and darkness to keep all sinful acts a secret.

You inhaled sharply as Gojo’s large hands spread over the front of your thighs, pulling firmly so your back and body were pressed into him, while Kakashi’s rough hands gripped your waist, one of his legs pressing between your own. The two moved in synch perfectly like a well oiled machine, Gojo rolling his body into yours as his feet shuffled. The roll forward would drive you into Kakashi, and more importantly your core onto his firm muscular thigh. The male in front of you would gently shuffle and thrust forward as well, the action meaning there was absolutely no space between you and their hot hard bodies. Their hands would guide and encourage your own dancing, focusing on your hips and slow movements that was driving them just as wild.

You felt like you were melting from the inside out, there was a craving for more deep within you, and it was burning hotter the more they teased. Fingers would lightly graze your breasts and a insincere “sorry” would be breathed into your ear through a smirk, lips would brush your neck, hands would squeeze and tighten their grips at random intervals, keeping you tense and senses focused on them and them alone.

Only when you were a dazed, panting mess did Gojo deem you wooed enough, and Kakashi insisted on getting you another drink. At some point, Gojo had picked you up by your hips as Kakashi had pulled up a bar stool for you, easing it under you. The action was so quick and effortless for both men you couldn’t help but blush, especially as Kakashi kept a hand gently resting on the small of your back, drawing soothing circles there. Gojo’s hand was rested on your thigh as well, like it was nothing, and smirked at you now not hanging to look up so much to meet their eyes.

You stuck your tongue out at him in response. “Careful beautiful, I might just take that tongue if you don’t watch out.” He growled hotly into your ear. Holy-

“I think she’d like that Sato.” Kakashi grinned, groaning the words into your ear. You’d noticed how he’d relaxed more and more as the night went on, becoming a little bolder with you when he saw you weren’t pushing him away or favouring Gojo. The touches were turning less and less innocent or ‘accidental’, and the way they looked at you... Gojo had no shame, staring hungrily at each and every curve, licking his lips hungrily as his hands would skim the line between teasing and inappropriate, working slowly to drive you crazy. His blue eyes drank in every hitch in breath, every shudder, his own patience thinning as he watched your perfect teeth graze your wet lips. Kakashi had a different approach, he wanted the eye contact, he want you to look into his eyes and see he wanted you. “She’s panting, poor thing.”

You hadn’t noticed how your chest was rising and falling rapidly, too busy trying to hide the fact of how turned on you were caught between these gorgeous men. “Your right brother, her thighs are clenching too. What images are forming in that naughty mind of yours beautiful? Care to share? We’d be happy to make them reality, wouldn’t we Hatake?”

The most sinful, hungry groan rumbled through your ear in response as Kakashi stood forward and shielded your body from view of everyone else in the club, sneakily easing a hand up your thigh. Up and up and- you gasped, the single finger making you jump and let out a whimper. “God yes, I want her to make more of those sounds Sato.

“I’ve already called a taxi.” Gojo said lowly, pushing his body into your side so you could feel every hard line and ridge of his toned form, and something poke your arse. “You ready to go beautiful?”

All you could do was nod, too afraid of how desperate you’d sound if you tried to speak. Downing the rest of your drinks, you squeaked as Kakashi eased you off the stool and immediately directed you towards the exit, Gojo leading the way to the taxi and opening the door for you, both always touching you as your legs wobbled and mind raced.

Part 3 - https://egyptsblackrose.tumblr.com/post/648557120920354817/a-rose-by-any-other-name

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i was looking through your final preference ranking, and i was wondering who your favorite character and favorite female character of all time are?

Hehe. You’re wondering who were able to top Platinum as my favorite characters of all time? Well, if you recognize the music that’s been playing on my Tumblr for a long time now, you’d probably guess who my favorite female character is, and as for the male, it’s either one or the other. And based on that preference post, it’s the mad one.

But if you don’t, the answer is...

For my top favorite character of all time, it would have to be... the Mad Dog himself, Majima Goro from the Yakuza series.

And I don’t mean the “normal” version that was in Yakuza 0, before he just snapped. I mean, the MAD version, after he just lets himself go nuts. "Right, wrong... nobody’s got a clue what the difference is in this town. So I’m gonna have more fun and live crazier than any of ‘em!”

... And so he does whatever he wants to, including hiding in a manhole for you to walk over before popping up to fight you.

You can hear his voice in his three karaoke songs that are on this Tumblr right now. 24 Hour Cinderella, As Long as You’re Happy, and GET TO THE TOP! (remix). ... And very briefly in his own anthem...

... Majima Construction Anthem, where he got his formerly-yakuza family to form a construction company, fighting a bunch of Japanese wrestling legends, all the while building a massive condominium known as Kamurocho Hills... which actually completes by the time of Yakuza 5. "For a project like this... look it up on the internet and start building! Complainers get no paycheque! ... Actually, I'll kill ya first!"

Majima is my favorite character of all time, because... why wouldn’t he be? He’s certainly more interesting and hilarious than any of the Dex Holders, male or female. And unlike any of those, he can be quite brutal, because... yakuza.

And my top favorite female character of all time would be... Sawamura Haruka from the same series.

You can hear her voice in MANY of her karaoke songs on my Tumblr: Otometal My Life, I Wanna Change Myself, GET TO THE TOP!, Otomeiro My Life, So Much More!, Loneliness Loop, and Because I Have You.

That little 9 year old girl from Yakuza 1 (2005) who’s been following the player character around, has grown up... and then disaster happened in Yakuza 5 (2012) and 6 (2016)...

To summarize the disaster, after losing absolutely everyone they ever cared about in 2005, the player character (Kiryu) and Haruka have no one else but each other, so they live together and take over an orphanage in 2007. In 2011, Haruka gets scouted by a talent agency, and she gets put on a fast track of becoming an idol. Except she has to distance herself from Kiryu, since the agency can’t allow the manic fans to find out that her adopted father is a retired yakuza legend, and the scandal will kill her chances immediately. So Kiryu has to leave the orphanage and does not see Haruka until the very end of Yakuza 5 in 2012, and the only time he spends with her in that game is the non-canon one in Premium Adventure mode after the game ends.

Haruka never really wanted this in the first place, and she really hates the idea that she’d have to distance herself from Kiryu. So at the end of her debut concert, instead of singing the last song, she declares retirement, reveals her bond to Kiryu, aka, the legendary yakuza, and runs out, effectively throwing her future and career out the window, just so that she can stay with Kiryu.

But the events of Yakuza 5 leaves Kiryu hospitalized, and then he’s immediately arrested for almost 4 years. And during this time, Haruka is hunted by tabloid journalists for being a “yakuza idol”, and decides to run away from the orphanage to prevent the other kids from suffering from her decision. So when Kiryu is released from prison in 2016, Haruka is gone, so he goes to find her, and then finds out that she got hit by a car and is in a coma. Haruka wakes up at the very end of Yakuza 6, and after more yakuza-related bullsh*t, Kiryu “dies” so that Haruka will be kept safe from other yakuza who may want to hurt her in order to get to him. And so Yakuza 6 ends with Kiryu walking away from the orphanage, and from Haruka. Which means, Haruka kicked her career out the window to be able to live with him in peace, and then spent a combined total of like A DAY with him before she never saw him again, and believes him to be dead. ... Ow, my heart.

... And he never did again. ... I want to cry. Hahaha... ... Especially when I play the past games again. “I want to stay with you!” ... ugh...

So why is she my favorite? Well, for one, she’s incredibly mature given her age, so she’s the opposite of being childish, even at an age where it would’ve made sense. And she’s INCREDIBLY hardened. A normal 9 year old girl would’ve probably broken down many times over after being kidnapped three times in rapid succession, got shot at, had a grenade explode next to her, watched MANY people die, had her biological father shoot her twice, watched her mother die to said biological father’s bullet, watched said biological father get stabbed, had a bomb explode disturbingly close... and all that when she was 9. And all she had to rely on was this clearly-yakuza stranger (Kiryu) who was just released from prison, and the only reason why he was looking after her was because he’s actually a nice guy, and they were looking for the same person.

Haruka gets kidnapped 6 times across 6 games, had been shot at many times, even saw her new mother figure murdered, almost got killed by a car, watched her home get obliterated by a bulldozer, saw countless people die in front of her, watched one of her protectors get hit on the neck by a sledgehammer, watched countless people get absolutely brutalized by a legendary dragon (Kiryu), and even watched him fighting two tigers to save her.

And in the end, Haruka watches Kiryu get shot by the bullet that was meant for her, and watches him get shot two more times in the end of Yakuza 6, and then watches him “die” in front of her.

And despite all that, she remains bright and cheerful, and the only thing that ever traumatized her until then was watching Kiryu get stabbed at the very end of Yakuza 3. She’s always super nice to everyone (except to the guy who stabbed Kiryu), even the two “rival” idols in Yakuza 5 who give her so much sh*t due to jealousy.

So Haruka’s devastating history, her strength to overcome it, her super kindness and how absolutely adorable she is in the entire series, following Kiryu around, makes her my top favorite female character of all time. The only “shame” is that in the only game where she’s playable, Yakuza 5, she doesn’t get to fight. Makes sense, since she’s 16 years old, and she’s not going to beat the sh*t out of hundreds of random punks that pick a fight with anyone.

... And she’s partially responsible for the most uncomfortable cutscene I’ve ever seen in my life, and also for the most awkward cutscene I’ve ever seen in my life. And also the more heartwarming dialogues too.

Yakuza 5 Premium Adventure (aka, non-canon) Haruka: “Look, Mister! It’s a Ferris wheel! Wow, it’s so big!” Kiryu: “Want to ride it? You really liked it back in the day.” Haruka: “With you, Mister? Well...” Kiryu: “Why? What’s wrong with me?” Haruka: “It’s just... I kind of want to ride it with a boyfriend, you know?” Kiryu: “B - Boyfriend?!” Haruka: “I mean, if I had one. ... Why do you look so serious?” Kiryu: “... Almost gave me a heart attack...” Haruka: “Aww, you’re so cute when you’re flustered.” Kiryu: “...” Haruka: “... Say, if I did get a boyfriend...” Kiryu: “Hm? What did you say?” Haruka: “Oh, nothing.”

And then if you look at my recent banter posts, one of them (Ferris Wheel) is practically identical to this...

And yes. The Yakuza series (including the technically-not-Yakuza-series Judgment) has rapidly climbed up to become one of my favorite game series of all time. It’s not my top favorite, however, but it is my 3rd favorite. The top two have nostalgia going into them as well, since I’ve been playing them pretty regularly since 1998 (... technically I was merely WATCHING back then). And no, Pokemon is not one of those.

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HYPNOSIS MICROPHONE 4TH INTERNATIONAL POLL (DECEMBER 2020) Part 6: Fandom and the Future of HypMic

Thank you for your participation! These are the final results for the 4th Hypnosis Microphone International Poll. After months of work on this, we have estimates for general fandom opinions. Do you agree or disagree with the general opinions? Please let us know!

The results were held back from original posting as we were waiting to post for a month before the 2nd DRB finals (which is on Doppo’s Birthday this year.) My deepest apologies for how long this took to get out. We will be releasing these results with a section per day, with the end of these results showing the Japanese side.

Click the READ MORE to view the results.

PREFACE

The data collection for this poll received 902 votes to give us an indication of the demographic of those who consume Hypnosis Mic. This poll was open to English speakers, and thus, results may be considerably Euro/American-centric. The word ‘international’ has been used to refer to how fans are from many places around the world, but the poll may also refer to this group as ‘English-speaking’ etc. The Japanese poll had a smaller respondent pool with 400.

This poll received the most activity through Twitter, given that the series is most active on that platform. The poll was also posted on Tumblr, Facebook and the HypMic wiki. Commentary has been given on sections of the poll. These results will be available in full on from this account. The Japanese poll results shall follow about a week with comparison to this poll.

The poll was conducted from December 2020 to January 2021. This poll is UNOFFICIAL and none of the composers of this poll have any relation to King Records whatsoever.

This has been split into MULTIPLE posts due to the amount of data and limitations of tumblr.

PART 6: Miscellaneous Questions

Respondents were allowed to select up to 3 characters.

As we were processing these results, all characters have received some part of character development.

Did MTR deserve the 1st DRB win?

YES, Matenro did deserve the 1st DRB win: 73.1%

NO, Matenro did not deserve the 1st DRB win: 26.9%

Did FP deserve the Rule the Stage DRB win?

YES, Fling Posse did deserve the Rule the Stage DRB win: 83.9%

NO, Fling Posse did not deserve the Rule the Stage DRB win: 16.1%

Who do you believe will win the 2nd DRB? This was not a ‘who do you WANT to win’ question.

CANNOT DECIDE: 23.9%

Fling Posse: 21.7%

MAD TRIGGER CREW: 17%

Dotsuitare Honpo: 14.6%

Matenro: 9.6%

Bad Ass Temple: 8.4%

Buster Bros!!!: 4.7%

Who do you think will win BB vs DH, MTC vs FP, MTR vs BAT?

Dotsuitare Honpo VS Buster Bros!!!

Dotsuitare Honpo: 56.3%

Buster Bros!!!: 31.1%

Can’t Decide: 12.6%

Bad Ass Temple VS Matenro

Bad Ass Temple: 33.4%

Matenro: 50.8%

Can’t Decide: 15.9%

Fling Posse VS MAD TRIGGER CREW

Fling Posse: 44.8%

MAD TRIGGER CREW: 41.5%

Can’t Decide: 13.7%

WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO SEE IN THE MAIN PLOT OF HYPMIC?

With 902 responses, we decided not to do a table of these as we’ve already showed which characters respondents wanted to be explored more. However, we will show ‘interesting’ points that we’ve found.

INTERESTING RESPONSES

Exploration of the pre H-era Japan, what caused the war and what the war was like.

Exploration of post WW3 / H-era Japan with politics, society etc.

More female characters as either part of Chuohku, rebellion etc. Possible mixed gender crews

Revolution/rebellion against Chuohku. Referred to as “a SUMMIT OF DIVISIONS moment in canon” and later governmental reform.

Why was the Hypnosis Mic created and more on its development.

In depth explanation as to what happens after being mindhacked.

General insight into more than backstories but their daily lives and possibly romantic lives.

Introduction of more divisions / return of old characters to form new divisions

Another anime season; a proper adaptation of the manga

Why were the Yamadas ‘orphaned/abandoned/separated’ from Rei? Why did Ichiro hide what happened?

BB’s Mother/Rei’s partner - did something bad happen to her?

Jyuto’s past - how he used to be when his parents and partner were still alive.

Why did Jyuto interrogate Doppo?

Does Samatoki feel guilty for blaming Ichiro? Does he feel resentment towards Ramuda even though he figures that he was ordered to do this?

Jakurai’s history as an assassin

More on Yotsutsuji and Jakurai’s relationship

Jakurai and Hitoya’s friendship and how it ‘fell apart’

Who is the original Ramuda and why were the clones created?

Others finding out about the Ramuda clones.

Hifumi and Doppo’s childhood/highschool years.

How did Doppo’s depression get so bad?

The Dirty Dawg’s reconciliation

MAD COMIC DIALOGUE / Ichiro & Kuko / Samatoki & Sasara talking things out and addressing what happened

OTHER RESPONSES

Many responses of just “yes”, “):” “I’m” and “...”, but most importantly “I’m just kind of here for the ride”

There are many that are begging for angst, character death and “chaos”. Some have wished suffering upon certain characters but these will not be disclosed.

“For all of them to get therapy tbh”

“LGBTQ”

“A more complex plot”

“fun and crazy things”

Mentions of ships becoming canon: Hifumi x Doppo, Sasara x Rosho

There were accusations of HPMI being “sexist/misogynistic/not feminist enough” that went on to describe things that have already been addressed.

“I just wanna see Ichiro yelling “fuck you” to his dad”

Otome being Buster Bros!!! mom as well, or that she had some relationship with Rei.

“more test tube babies”

“More Doppo screams”

“(...) Whether or not Rei is worth saving or if I should just rip his tits off (...)”

“An explanation for (why) Rei is Like That”

“Rei vs the rest of the cast just because Mastermind boss battle”

“rei boobs”

“man I just hope they have a nice day. I would like to know about Kuko more :) hes funky and i think that's neat hope hes having a nice day :)))“

“More Kuko feet”

ADDRESSED REPONSES: Responses that have been answered/addressed during the 2nd DRB dramatracks to some degree.

Buster Bros!!! fighting with Rei

Jiro and Saburo no longer being dependent on Ichiro

Jiro and Saburo’s relationship being repaired / seeing eye to eye.

Jyuto’s backstory with the drug problem

How is Ramuda able to participate in the DRB if he’s being hunted down

Gentaro’s identity and brother/family.

Dice confronting Otome

Jakurai coming to Chuohku’s side

Hifumi’s trauma and who Honobono is. (Note: I hope you guys are okay after this one)

Sasara’s time as a gangster with Samatoki

Sasara/Rosho dependency

Nemu being freed from her mindhack/will she be freed.

Is Yotsutsuji still alive/comatose?

WHY DID YOU GET INTO HYPMIC?

Of 902 responses, 166 responses mentioned a character by name or song. Not all characters were mentioned but of the ones mentioned, each was mentioned:

Of 902 responses, 47 mentioned a division by name or song. Each were mentioned:

Fling Posse: 11 times

Bad Ass Temple: 9 times

Buster Bros!!! 7 times

Chuohku: 6 times

Dotsuitare Honpo: 4 times

Matenro: 3 times

Of 902 responses, 43 mentioned a seiyuu. Each were mentioned:

Here are some ‘notable’ reasons people got into HypMic:

“That's a loaded question buddy, assuming I went into this willingly. (...)”

“(...) I love how hypmic combined Male Idols, (Jojo) Stands, and a whole lot of angst in a project (with some fluff here and there).”

“Riou’s tits”

“Because I hated seeing it everywhere so I decided to learn about it before I hate it more. I've fallen deep into this hell.”

“ensemble stars made me v upset”

“I saw bald Ramuda plushie and wanted to know more about him”

“I saw Jakurai and went OOGA BOOGA.

“honestly i saw some fanart of doppo with the fattest and most juiciest ass ever and i was immediately interested, but unfortunately doppo cannonically has a concave ass and jakurai doing a brazillian butt lift on doppo’s ass cannot save it </3 i still love him though”

“Haha pretty rapper bois go brr”

“I'm gay”

“someone was hating on it on twitter and i decided to download arb”

“friend of mine told me to install enstars game, so i installed hypmic”

“I downloaded one of the songs without knowing what it was from for a two week trip into the buttfuck middle of nowhere Wyoming for a school trip in 11th grade and it’s one of the only things that kept me sane”

“Because Jakurai was a hot milf “

“Ice cream spoons”

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Ace Attorney Daemons - Prosecutors

Animal species and reasoning behind each choice under the cut, as well as links to other groups of characters!

Miles Edgeworth - Great Pyrenees. I originally started looking at big white dogs because I wanted to see if something similar to Pess would be suitable, and I think I found one. This breed is big and fluffy, which frankly I think would be needed for Miles growing up with the von Karmas. But honestly, his daemon is intelligent and powerful. Generally calm, but capable of leaping into swift action. However, it is at the same time at heart a protector (of livestock, traditionally) more than a predator. I think his daemon settling in this form when he is a teen would be a great way to illustrate his true nature, underneath all the Demon Prosecutor stuff (I expect he and she would be at odds for a while). Additional details I like are that these guys do tend to be more reserved with strangers and can be somewhat stubborn, and also they do shed a fair bit. I just enjoy the image of Miles having to constantly brush his gigantic floofball of a daemon and lintroller all her fur off his suits. A final thing, which I didn’t really intentionally plan, is that all prosecutors have bird daemons except Godot, who used to be a defense attorney, and Miles. So he stands out a little bit there, which I think works well too - he would be all the more determined to prove himself as Bratworth once his daemon settled in a form atypical for the profession.

Franziska von Karma - Harpy eagle. I put Manfred in the villains list since there’s no space for more prosecutors here, but it just seemed fitting to me that von Karmas typically settle as eagles. They are sharp-eyed predators, generally solitary, and look incredibly fierce, just in general. As for the harpy eagle in particular - they are huge, first of all; their claws are the same length as brown bears’. They are among the largest eagles in the world, and sometimes considered the most powerful. This seems only right for Franziska. They mostly eat monkeys, but can go after pretty much anything as they are at the top of their food chain. They can fly nearly straight up and turn their head upside down, and wait nearly a full day to snatch their prey. Franziska too is maneuverable and ridiculously determined. The head-feathers you can see slightly lifted in the photo are pretty cool, too; they rise up into a distinctive crest when the eagle feels threatened, and it actually looks a bit derpy. Which reminds me somehow of Franziska’s scornful “fool” name-calling and how it can often get to the level of absurdity. They are monogamous and fiercely protective parents, which I think can be a nice match to how Franziska really isn’t so heartless after all. And another detail that fits really nicely with her initial rivalry for Miles is that harpy eagles usually lay two eggs, but typically only the first-hatched survives. The other is ignored or even killed by its older sibling.

Klavier Gavin - Superb lyrebird. Female lyrebirds don’t look nearly as impressive as the males, and they don’t do the dramatic dances either. But they are still incredible vocalists, able to imitate sounds from at least 19 other species. And their songs tend to be mostly used during foraging and defending their nest, as opposed to attracting a mate. Obviously Klavier needs a songbird for his daemon, but I think the female lyrebird specifically is great because of those details. Her less exciting (though still pretty) plumage might not match his outer image, but he is one of the best prosecutors of the series, dedicated to the truth from the very beginning. He’s a lot more serious than he might come across, and his daemon reflects that. The typical songs match up with that too; he loves music and his daemon does too, but it’s not what either of them care about most, and the subject of typical female lyrebird songs show that well. Similarly, though a bird like most prosecutors, his daemon is not a bird of prey. He’s never really been in it for ‘the hunt’, after all. One last reason I like the lyrebird for him is that, contrary to most daemons being quite around people they don’t know well, I suspect his daemon would be fairly vocal and probably sing with him in his band.

Simon Blackquill - Japanese mountain hawk-eagle. Before you ask, yes. Yes I did choose his daemon from birds who look most like Taka. I mean, of course. The wiki listed three, and I looked them all up and thought the mountain hawk-eagle appeared closest. As a bonus, it has a Japanese subspecies, which is fitting for samurai man here. They tend to be quiet most of the time, though they have a distinctive cry. This seems fitting for Simon, as he is generally not super talkative. They hunt their prey from a perch, going after small mammals on the ground or other birds, so the perching on his shoulder all the time doesn’t have to change either. Another fitting detail is that females are extremely defensive of their nests and young, apparently willing to fight to death to protect them instead of getting scared away. They also watch and feed their young for a while after they could be self-sufficient. This fits so well with Simon��s willingness to be put to death to protect Athena, obviously.

Godot/Diego Armando - Asian palm civet. I took a slightly different approach for his daemon, and just googled animals that eat coffee. But I’ll get to that in a minute. First, they are nocturnal, solitary, and can just be hard to locate. This fits well with Godot’s whole ambiguous/mysterious thing he’s got going. They’re good climbers and quite nimble/speedy but still vulnerable to predators. Fitting, I think, since he was caught both as Diego and Godot. He tends to be clever to a point but then make a fatal mistake. They also are pretty adaptable, getting used to urban life quickly, which can relate to him adjusting easily to becoming a prosecutor. However, I would be lying if I said the main reason I like this daemon for him wasn’t because they eat coffee. More than just that, the coffee cherries (of which they are said to select only the best) get fermented in their guts, and when they’ve been pooped out, are used to make a very expensive coffee called “kopi luwak.” Now, granted, when I looked this up it seems that the result doesn’t taste especially good and is pretty much just famous as a novelty thing, but I think Godot’s daemon would enjoy coffee just as much as him, and I find the fact that he could, um, prepare his own if he wanted, hilarious.

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Detectives, Feys, Misc. Lawyers, Villains, Witnesses, Wright Anything Agency

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A Brief History of Science Fiction Films: Blade Runner and Arrival

When people think of science fiction, their mind often turns to one of two things: either campy B-movies featuring outlandish creatures and damsels in distress; or CGI-filled summer blockbusters that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make. Either way, people believe sci-fi is a genre where spectacle is emphasised over story. That is not the case, nor has it ever been. Science fiction is a genre that uses scientific elements to explore the what-ifs of our world, allowing us to peel back the façade and examine our definitions of society and humanity.

Generally considered the first science fiction film, Georges Méliès’ Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) involved a group of astronomers landing on the moon and meeting its alien inhabitants. It introduced some of the most common elements of science fiction, both in setting (space or another planet) and character (extraterrestrials). In the hundred-plus years since Méliès’ 1902 film, these components have been used and reused countless times. George Lucas’ 1975 space epic Star Wars (and its ten sequels and prequels) became the most well-known entry into the science fiction genre. Extraterrestrials both malicious and benign have been notably featured in Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Men in Black. Outer space can be used as a positive or negative context, as a final frontier to explore (Star Trek) or an isolated wasteland to be stuck in (Duncan Jones’ Moon).

The next major innovation came in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, a dystopian film that used science fiction as a way for viewers to reflect upon themes like class, wealth, and status. The George Orwell’s novel 1984 and its subsequent movie adaptation used some of those themes, along with a greater message of government control, to create a chilling cautionary tale. Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, released in 2009, viewed classism and poverty through the lens of an extraterrestrial family living in South Africa. Metropolis spawned a genre of intellectual, belief-driven, political sci-fi films, which are often disregarded in favour of pulpy sci-fi that dominated the 1950s.

Them! and Creature from the Black Lagoon introduced movie audiences to strange creatures in their sci-fi (like giant ants and sea monsters, respectively). The Japanese interpretation of “monster movie” saw Ishirō Honda create Godzilla, which would spawn 33 sequels, remakes, and spin-offs. Director Guillermo Del Toro, known for his science-fiction and fantasy films, has a penchant for misunderstood beasts of all sorts. 2013’s sci-fi action movie Pacific Rim was an ode to these movies, blending American and Asian influences. Del Toro’s latest film, The Shape of Water, was a loose reinterpretation of Creature from the Black Lagoon that garnered 13 Academy Award nominations. Some were truly ridiculous movies, while others, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, used monsters as a metaphor for Cold War-era paranoia. The introduction of outlandish beings enticed mainstream audiences to the genre; like sugar to make medicine go down, the sensationalism often masked deeper intellectual themes.

Arrival is a 2017 film by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve. After twelve mysterious spaceships land in locations around the world, linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is called upon by the U.S. government to decipher the alien species’ language. Arrival mixed “hard” science fiction concepts with compelling performances, an equation that resulted in universal critical acclaim (including eight Oscar nominations). It starts off with a sci-fi trope dating back to Le Voyage dans la Lune: humans confirm the existence of aliens, but do they have good or bad intentions? The beginning of the movie is rather formulaic--the scientists want to study the alien beings, the government wants to wage war on them, and our trusty protagonist believes there’s more to them than meets the eye.

But unlike other sci-fi movies, Arrival stands out for its intimate, intellectual plot and exceptional technical elements. Villeneuve teamed up with cinematographer Bradford Young to create a “dirty sci-fi film” that wasn’t “concerned with straight lines or the perfectly textured alien or the perfectly modeled ship” (Minoff, 2016). The aliens and their ships look real and raw and biological, unlike the futuristic, pristine aesthetic found in Star Trek or even Wall-E. In fact, Arrival doesn’t take place two thousand years in the future, or in a galaxy far, far away. The movie takes place here and now, with Banks standing in as a proxy for the audience; when she shows up at the impromptu military base erected around the alien ship, she’s just as disoriented as we are. Villeneuve walks a fine line as Banks wavers between what she understands and what she’s utterly oblivious about. In a genre known for its lack of gender representation, Louise Banks is a female character who’s not constantly bamboozled by her male colleagues’ scientific ramblings. She may not understand every concept aired by her scientist co-workers or the ever-present government personnel, but her ignorance serves the story; it creates confusion as she navigates this new environment. Banks is a genius in her own right, in her own field, with concepts and theories that leave her (mostly male) co-workers in the dust. In fact, she is the key to deciphering the alien language and the solution to their problems. In a room full of men, this woman holds the fate of the world in her hands.

Blade Runner is a 1982 film by American director Ridley Scott. Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a “blade runner”, a cop who must hunt rogue androids, known as Replicants. At its release, it polarised critics and audiences alike. Supporters praised its philosophical approach and unique visuals. Detractors disliked its slow, unorthodox pacing, and ambiguous ending. After the success of Star Wars, studios saw the benefit in blockbuster sci-fi franchises that would perform well at the box office. Audiences became accustomed to the fast-paced, action-driven sci-fi of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Blade Runner differed from any other science fiction movie at the time, which led to lower-than-forecasted box office returns. In 1982, sci-fi relied on special effects (Tron), heartfelt story (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), or horror (The Thing). Blade Runner interpreted familiar science fiction components, like flying cars, robots, and artificial intelligence, and portrayed them in a totally different way.

Despite the initial reaction, Blade Runner has been since hailed as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. Its topics and technical elements have nearly spawned an entirely new genre. The synth-driven soundtrack, endlessly dark and rainy climate, dystopian cityscape, and themes of humanity, morality, and corporate greed have become hallmarks of the “cyberpunk” subgenre. Blade Runner inspired and influenced cyberpunk classics like RoboCop, Ghost in the Shell, and The Matrix, as well as countless TV shows, video games, and songs. Ridley Scott took a chance when he created Blade Runner, something movie audiences had never seen before. His gamble paid off, and we have a new genre because of it.

Genre can help classify films by giving them concrete labels to adhere to. When we laugh, it’s a comedy. When we cry, it’s a drama. When we see an alien, it’s sci-fi. It gives audiences a clear idea of what to expect from a movie. But it also limits filmmakers in how they can express themselves. Genre forces movies into neat little boxes, or at least tries to. Film is a reflection and an imitation of life, which never fits into one category or another. Movies that encompass multiple genres are more interesting, because they are unpredictable--anything can happen, or at least more things can happen that one genre would allow. When film is treated more like a business than an art, conformity to genre is prioritised over storytelling. But when filmmakers are allowed to tell thought-provoking stories unlimited by the bounds of genre, in the case of Blade Runner and Arrival, true works of art can emerge.

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Monsters and Mythological Creatures

So, someone asked about monsters, and since I’ve been hoarding this long list of mythical beings for one of my own stories for the last like, three years, I decided to finally share it! This list is divided into categories for specific types of creatures. Each creature is accompanied by a definition or description, where it’s from, and other useful information.

Here we go:

SPIRITS AND GHOSTS: 

Arae(Greek Mythology): Female spirits of curses, particularly curses that are placed by the dead, on the person responsible for their death.

Banshee(Gaelic Lore): A female spirit who brings death to her victim by screeching or wailing. Often depicted wearing green or red robes, with hair being described as either orange, red or yellow to mimic the flicker of flames. Can appear as a young beautiful women, or an old and frightening ‘hag’

Black Dog/Hell Hounds: Usually depicted as large, ghostly looking black dogs that come from hell. Typically, they roam the streets at night looking for pray to drag back to hell or devour. 

Bogle(Gaelic Lore): A ghost like being whose sole purpose is to frighten and confuse humans and other creatures.

(El) Coco/  Cucuí (Typically Hispanic or Latin american Folklore) : A ghost like monster, much like the american boogeyman, used to strike fear into children. The description changes among different cultures. Sometimes described as ghosts with pumpkin heads, as large rattling skeletons, a female humanoid alligator like creature, or even a dragon like creature. (as a child, I imagined them more like skeleton ghosts) 

 Demons : Malevolent spirits from Hell 

Fox Spirits (Popular among Asian Folklore) : The Fox Spirit or the Nine Tailed Fox is a common spirit among east Asian cultures, usually depicted as a familiar with great magic power. They are often devious or mischievous, with a bad habit of tricking people. Usually, they are also capable of shape shifting into beautiful women. They can be a good, or a bad omen. Known as the  húli jīng (fox spirit) in China, the kitsune (fox) in Japan, and the kumiho (nine-tailed fox) in Korea.

Gashadokuro(Japanese Mythology): Spirits of people who died of starvation or in battle, and did not receive a proper burial. They take the form of massive skeletons, apparently 15 times taller then the average human. They roam the world after midnight, capturing lone travelers, and biting off their heads to drink their blood. They are said to be invisible and invincible. Though they can be warded off with  Shinto charms, and it’s said you can sense their presence if you hear a loud ringing in your ear. 

Ghosts: Spirits of the undead that are trapped in the world of the living. Often resemble what they looked like alive, can be good, bad or neutral. 

Grim Reaper: The Physical embodiment of death, arrives to take your soul to the after life. 

Hulder or Huldra (Scandanvian Folklore) : Beautiful, seductive, female forest spirits that are primarily human with the exception of having a cows tail. Apparently come from beneath the earth, sometimes claimed to be a forgotten child of adam and eve. They are known as coal kindles, they would watch the fires of travelers while they slept, and ensure they would not go out. Males of this species are said to be hideous, with grotesquely long noses. 

Ifrit (Middle Eastern): A death spirit believed to be drawn in by the life force or blood of the murdered. They tend to be fiery in nature(literally), and are said to either take the form of the deceased they were attracted to, or the form of Satan himself. Can be good or evil or neutral, but mainly considered to be malevolent, vengeful, evil, ruthless, or wicked. 

Ittan-momen (Japanese Mythology): Now, this one sounds pretty harmless, but do not be fooled. Ittan-Momen is a sentient roll of cotton that flies through the air at night, and attacks and kills people by smothering them. 

Incubus: No, I do not mean the Rock Band. An Incubus is a male demon that lies upon it’s victim, and supposedly steals their life force by having repeated sex with them. Their female counterpart is called a succubus. 

Jinn (Arabian and Islamic mythology and theology) : Jinn, or more popularly known in western culture; the Genie, is a powerful spirit with free will, and thus can be good, evil, or neutral. Usually depicted with no spiritual form, or as humans with different animal parts, or as shadowy ghosts. Jinn play many different roles in different cultures. They are often seen as living in a parallel world to the human world. 

Keres (Greek Mythology) : Daughters of the goddess Nyx, spirits of violent or unpeaceful death. 

Kobalos (Greek Mythology) : Depicted as small, mischievous creatures that took to messing with people. They often pranked, frightened, or stole from people. In myth, they stole from Heracles while he slept. In one version, he gives them away as a present to the Lydian Queen. In another version, he forgives them, and lets them off the hook simply because he finds them amusing.  Greek myths depict the kobaloi as "impudent, thieving, droll, idle, mischievous, gnome-dwarfs", and as "funny, little triksy elves" of a phallic nature. So they’re essentially annoying yet sort of funny gnome/elf/dwarves that resemble erect penises. Isnt mythology fun. 

La Llorona aka The Weeping Women (Popular in northern and southern american folklore) : Usually the Ghost of either a women who was scorned by a man, and now she hunts for other awful men. Or, the Ghost of a women who cries as she searches for her dead children. The most traditional or typical story tells of a women who drowns her children in the river out of spite when her husband leaves her for a younger women. After realizing her children are dead, and she can not find them, she drowns herself as well. In the after life, she is not permitted to move onto heaven. Her soul will not be able to find peace until she finds her children, and thus she is doomed to wander the earth in search of them. In some stories, she will take lone children that resemble her own, and drown them in the river so they can take her children's place. 

Lamia(Greek Mythology) : A beautiful queen of Lybia. It’s said that she was a mistress of Zues. In one version, Zues’ Jealous wife Hera steals all of Lamias children, and turns her into a demon that hunts and devours others children. Other versions say that Hera killed all of Lamias children, and driven by the grief and suffering of her loss, goes insane, and starts stealing and eating others children out of envy. The repeated horrid act turns her into a monster. There is also a myth that Hera forced her to eat her own children, then cursed her to never be able to close her eyes, so that the image of her children's death will forever haunt her. Zues later grants her the ability to remove her eyes to appease her grief. In some descriptions, she has serpent like features, or the lower half of a snake. In others, her face is distorted. No matter the story however, it’s Hera’s fault. 

Lares (Roman Mythology) : House hold or guardian spirits that each family traditionally has around their grounds. Statues of domestic Lares were typically placed at the table for family meals. Their presence and worship seemed to be very important. 

Mare(Germanic or slavic Folklore) : a Ghost/ Spirirt or Goblin that sits on the chest of sleeping victims, and forces nightmares upon them. Other legends depict them as beautiful women that go into the dreams of men and seduce them before killing them. I personally prefer the sitting goblins. 

Neck or Nokken (Germanic and Scandinavian Folklore) : Water Spirits usually depicted as a a shadowy monster lurking in the water, it’s eyes just above the surface. Other times, it’s described as a beautiful young man playing the fiddle or violin while resting in the water. Their enchanting songs drew women, men and children to them. Sometimes they are said to be peaceful, and will simply play for the humans, or possibly even move into the home of one who has fallen in love with them (though they often do not stay long), and sometimes they are said to lure people to their death with their beautiful song. Don’t know about you, but I would totally take a cute guy playing the violin underneath a water fall over a creepy water submerged shadow, any day. 

Nymph (Greek Mythology) : Minor Nature Gods or spirits that tend to animate nature, and are viewed as beautiful, and free young (typically) women. There are several different types of Nymphs; Celestial Nymphs, Land Nymphs, Wood or Forest Nymphs, Plant/Flower Nymphs, Water Nymphs, and Underworld Nymphs. The most common are Dryads, that are Nymphs of the trees. Naiads, which are fresh Water Nymphs(ponds, fountains, springs, etc), and Auras which are basically air nymphs, or breezes. 

Poltergeist: (German for Noisy Spirit or Noisy Ghost) A Ghost that is capable of physicaly capable of sitrubing the human world. They are known for hitting, biting, pinching, scratching and tripping humans. They are also known for moving or levitating objects, and making loud knocking sounds. 

Sprites: Elemental, fairy like beings that are invisible to humans. Can be good or evil or neutral. Sylphs are sprites dedicate solely to the element of Air. 

Tikoloshe (Zulu Mythology) : A goblin, or dwarf like water spirit that can become invisible by drinking water. It is regarded as mischievous and evil. They can be called upon to cause trouble or to harm others. Best case scenario, they scare kids. Worst case scenario, they can bring you serious illness or even death. It’s usually described as a gremlin like demon with gauged out eyes. 

HALF HUMAN/ HUMANOID CREATURES: 

Aeternae: Creatures who supposedly attacked Alexander the Great, and killed many of his men with their bony, saw like protuberances that came from their head. 

Asanbosam (West African Folklore) : Hairy, ogre like vampiric creatures with iron teeth and iron hooks for feet. They live in the trees, and attack their victims from above. 

Adze (Ewe Folklore) : Another vampire like being in the form of a firefly, but will transform into a human if captured. In human form, they will possess people. People who are possessed are thought to be witches, and the people around the possessed with be affected negatively. As a firefly, they can phase through doors, and will suck the blood of sleeping people. The victims will eventually fall ill and die. 

Bisimbi Bi Masa (African Folklore) : Water Nymphs that reside in the Congo. They’re described as beautiful and seductive spirits that live in natural watery areas. They are known to cause awful skin diseases, which only their own haunting cries can cure. Which is weirdly twisted and cool? 

Brownies(Scottish FolkLore): Small, humanoid like creatures that sneak into peoples houses at night to do chores in exchange for their favorite foods. They will stop tending to a house if the owner misues them, or if their gifts of food are instead called payment. 

Changeling: A fairy infant left in the place of a human infant that was kidnapped by fairies. 

Centaur (Greek Mythology) : Upper half of a man, lower half of a horse. Wild and free creatures, that tend to be good in nature. The most popular is Chiron, who was refered to as the wisest and most just of all centaurs. He trained the some of the most famous greek Heroes, such as; Achilles, Jason, Perseus, Theseus, Ajax, and some stories portray him training Heracles as well. There are several different types of Centaurs;  Ichthyocentaurs, which are centaurs who have the tails of fish, Winged Centaurs, Onocentaur which has the bottom half of a donkey, rather then a horse,  Cyprian Centaurs, which are bull-horned centaurs,  Lamian Centaurs, which had Ox horns. 

Cyclops(Greek Mythology) : Giant One eyed humanoid monsters that typically captured and ate people. Legend says no one was able to escape or hurt them. 

Dwarf: A Short, stocky, scraggly looking humanoids that typically live underground in mining communities. 

Elf: A race of humanoid creatures who typically have pointy ears, and excel in magic. 

Empusa (Greek Mythology) : A demigod or monster that drinks the blood and eating the flesh of sleeping men. They are depicted with flaming hair, and are said to have one bronze leg, and one leg of a donkey. 

Erinyes or Furies (Greek Mythology) : Female deities of vengeance, there are typically three of them;  Alecto or Alekto ("endless"), Megaera ("jealous rage"), and Tisiphone or Tilphousia ("vengeful destruction"). They are depicted in several different ways. Sometime they are said to have snakes for hair, or dogs heads in place of human heads. Sometimes their skin or eyes are said to be as black as coal, and sometimes they are portrayed with bat wings. Their victims die in torture, and they are more ancient then most of the Olympian gods themselves. 

Fairy: Humanoids with great magical abilities. Legends and myths about fairies vary greatly from culture to culture. They are not always good. They have free will, and are often mischievous. Never trust a fairy. 

Futakuchi-onna (Japanese Mythology) : A women with two mouths. One where it normally should be, and a second, fully functioning mouth on the back of her head, beneath her hair. It’s said that the hair parts, and the skull splits open into a mouth, and demands food. If it is not fed, it will shriek, and cause the women awful pain. This myth is apparently derived from ‘how little women eat’. 

Gegenees (Greek Mythology) : Six Armed Giants

Gnome :  A small, humanoid creature who lives and moves beneath the earth. I once had a whole book on gnomes, and this thing was written like they were observing some kind of animal?? Like they talked about Gnomes like they were real creatures and I was entirely shook. Did you know Gnomes only gave birth to twins? Cause I didnt. There was a whole section on the sex lives and birthing system of gnomes. I’ll never unsee that section. I gave the book to my friend, cause I’m 99% sure she’s a gnome. Never piss off a Gnome. 

Goblin : A  grotesque, troublesome little creature with a strong greed for gold and jewels. Very Mischievous. Goblin is probably still one of my favorite words. Say it ten times, really fast, do it. 

Golem(Jewish Folklore) : A humanoid(ish) like creature made from clay, mud, or stone that is magically animated. 

Gorgon (Greek Mythology) : The snake haired (and sometimes snake-bodied) women who could turn people to stone just by looking at them. The most Famous being Medusa. 

Graeae (Greek Mythology) : Three old women who shared one tooth and one eye among them. They took turn using it. In mythology, Perseus held their eye for ransom until they told him the whereabouts of the items he needed to kill Medusa. 

Harpies( Greek Mythology) : Half bird, half human, embodiment of storm winds. They typically swooped down and dragged away (bad) humans, and carried them to their punishment. 

Hecatoncheires (Greek Mythology); Because those guys with the six arms just arent enough, let me introduce you to Hecatoncheires, aka the hundred handed ones. That’s right. One Hundred Hands. They also have fifty heads, and have unimaginable strength. Thankfully, there are only three of these guys. 

Hobgoblin : A type of Brownie who is inherently less helpful and more mischievous, even to the point of causing harm if antagonized.

Imp : Small, mischievous creatures who liked to play pranks on people.

Jorōgumo (Japanese Mythology): A spirit that can shape-shift into a beautiful women. Often Depicted as being half pretty lady, half terrifying spider. She’s sometimes shown controlling small, fire breathing spiders. This is the thing of my nightmares; a hot lady who turns into a partial spider, that controls other, smaller spiders that breath fire. Because pretty girls arent intimidating enough, you gotta go and mix them with spiders, right?

Manticore ( Persian Folklore) : Head of a human, body of a lion, tail of a poisonous porcupine, or a scorpion. 

Mermaids  and Sirens : Sea creatures with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish. Sometimes good, sometimes evil. The evil ones are known for (sometimes singing) and luring sailors to their deaths, and dragging them down to the bottom of the ocean to devour them. 

Minotaur  (Greek Mythology): The creature with the head and legs of a bull and the torso of a man, who guarded the exit to The Labyrinth.

Moirai (Greek Mythology): The Fates. There are three of them, typically seen in white robes, and are the incarnation of Destiny. They control the thread of life for everything. They ensured the birth, life, and death of everything. Every being was at their control. 

Ogre : An ugly, oversized humanoid creature with great physical strength and little intelligence. No shrek jokes, please, None. 

Orc : A large, ugly humanoid similar to Goblins. They tend to be evil, brutish, aggressive and repulsive monsters. Though they are based off many other mythical beings, Orcs stem more from J.R.R Tolkeins books, and rise in fantasy games like Dungeons and Dragons and World of Warcraft. 

Penanggalan (South East Asian FolkLore) : a detached female head that fly's about on its own. As it flies, the stomach and entrails dangle below it, which apparently are apparently hit by the night light in such a way that makes them appear like fireflies.. During the day, it appears as a normal, human women. It’s said to usually be caused by witchcraft of pacts with demons. 

Pixie :  A small humanoid creature with pointy ears who likes to cause mischief.

Sasquatch : Large, hairy, man-like beasts that live in the woods. Types of Sasquatch include Bigfoot, and the Yeti. 

Satyr :Half-men, half-goats who were wild, lustful, and all around fun. The god Pan was one of these. Pan was the god of the wild, and apparently liked to scare the crap out of people in the forest, and that’s where the word panic comes from. 

Scorpion Man : They have another name, but it’s way long, and I can’t find it right now. But they’re men who have the head and torso of a human, and the lower half of a scorpion. They are featured in the Babylonian version of The Epic of Gilgamesh. 

Shapeshifters :Humans who can willingly take the form of any animal. Honestly, the idea of shape-shifting has always weirded me out. Because honestly, it sounds painful. Like, if you shape shift into something much smaller and structurally different then you, say, a bird for example, where do your bones go? Like, i figure some of your bones shrink or stretch with you to fit the animal, but some animals don’t have the exact same amount of bones as humans, so like, where do the bones go?? I’ve been asking this since I was like then, I have received no answers. I am concerned. 

Sirens : Man-eating beautiful women whose song compels men to them. Not always mermaid like creatures. Sometimes depicted as fully human, or as partially bird like. 

Sphinx(Greek Mythology) : The half-human, half-lion that forces those it meets to answer its     riddles, or die. In the story of Oedipus, the riddle it gives is “What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three in the evening?” the answer to which is Humans. As we crawl on all fours as infants, on two legs for most of our lives, and with a cane in our old age. 

Valkyries (Norse Mythology) : female divinities who choose people who died a heroic death in battle, and then guide them to Valhalla. 

Vampire: Probably one of the most famous of monsters. The undead human like creature that drinks the blood of the living.

 Wendigo/ Windigo ( Algonquian folklore) : A monster or spirit that is associated with Cannibalism, murder, and greed.  They are often seen as either Humans turned into monsters by their sins, or humans that are possessed by evil spirits. Wendigos are associated with winter, wilderness, cold, cannibalism, greed, murder, famine, and starvation. They are often depicted with human, deer, or tree like features to imitate the wilderness. 

WereWolf: Yet another Classic. A human being who transforms into a wolf, or a wolf-human hybrid creature either by night, or by the full moon. 

Wraith(Scottish/ Gaelic folklore): Evil Spirits who can not pass on, and torment the living. Usually depicted as Shadow like figures.  

Zombies: The animated undead, rotting corpses who consume the flesh of the living. 

ANIMAL AND BEAST LIKE MONSTERS: 

Airavata (Hindu Mythology) : The Mythical white elephant that carries the Hindu God Indrua. It is said to be spotless white, have five trunks and ten tusks.

Basilisk : A legendary reptile who could kill a man with its stare, it’s said to be hatched by a chicken from a reptilian egg. 

Bake-kujira (Japanese mythology) : The ghostly skeleton of a dead whale that surfaces the water. It’s said that it’s presence brings a curse to either the area it’s seen, or to anyone who spots it. 

Catoblepas (Greek Mythology/Ethiopia) : A creature from Ethiopia, resembling that of a buffalo or a wilder beast. It’s always looking downward, because it’s head is too heavy. In some descriptions, it’s gaze could kill you, and in others, it only ate poison vegetation, that made it’s breath poisonous as well. 

Cerastes (Greek Mythology) : A serpant so flexible, it had no spine. It’s depicted as either having two large ram horns, or as having four small horns. It’s said to hide in the sand, with only it’s horns peeking through the surface, waiting for unsuspecting Prey to approach it. 

Chupacabra (Latin American Folk Lore) : A monster known for feeding off of livestock, especially goats. It’s name translates to ‘Goat Sucker’. The two most common descriptions of El Chupacabre are that of a strange wild dog that is mainly hairless, with a prominent spinal ridge, sunken in eyes, and large fangs and claws. The other descriptions shows it as a large reptilian creature with leathery or scaly green/gray skin, and sharp porcupine like needles going down it’s spine.  Unlike most predators, El Chupacabre drains it’s pray off their blood, and sometimes their organs, rather then eating the flesh. 

Cerberus(Greek Mythology) :The three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades. It’s name is supposedly derived from the greek word for ‘Spotted’ or ‘Spot’. The capturing of Cerberus is claimed to be the final, and most difficult task of Heracles 12 trials. 

Chimera (Greek Mythology): A monstrous hybrid that was Part-lion, part-goat, part-snake. In some descriptions, it has the head of all three, in others, it has the head of the lion and the goat, the lions body with the goat hooves, and a snake for a tail. In another description, it might be the head of one, the body of another, and the tail of the other. It’s really one big game of mix and match. Sometimes they also breath fire or have wings. 

Cockatrice :A flying creature that is part-rooster and part snake that could supposedly kill with it’s stare. It’s said to be hatched by a reptile from a chickens egg. Pretty much the opposite of the Basilisk. 

Dragon : Giant, flying, fire-breathing reptiles that are known for stealing and hording treasure. There are many, many different types of dragons that range from culture to culture. I could probably make a whole different post, just on the different types of dragons. 

Griffin  : A creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Sometimes, it also has the tail of a snake. Griffins are popular among several different cultural mythologies. 

Hippalectryon (Greek Mythology) : An odd hybrid of a horse and a chicken. It’s front half is the horse, its back half is the chicken, including tail and wings. There is no solid idea of why such a myth exists. Some say it’s a creature of Poseidon, and meant to protect ships, others say it’s just a grotesque hybrid to amuse children. Some say it’s a pointless creature with no real purpose other then for decoration. Why else would someone make a rooster horse? 

Hippocampus (Greek Mythology) : A sea creature with the upper body of a horse, and the lower body of  a fish. So, it is yet another odd horse hybrid from greek mythology. 

Hippogriff (Greek Mythology): Because there’s no such thing as too many weird horse hybrids, meet the Hippogriff. Which has the front half and wings on an eagle, and the back half of a horse. 

Huallepen (South American Folklore): A weird creature that lurks in lakes and ponds. It has the body of a (usually hairless) sheep, the head of a calf, and the twisted feet of a seal. It only comes out at night, and it’s said that if a pregnant women sees one, her child will come out with a muzzle and twisted limbs. 

  Hydra (Greek Mythology) : The giant nine-headed serpent who grew two new heads for every one that was cut of. The task of killing this beast was given to Heracles during his twelve trials. The only way to kill it, without it’s head growing back, was to smash the heads, and then catch them on fire. 

Ladon (Greek Mythology)  : The large snake like dragon that wrapped itself around the tree of golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides. Apparently slain by Heracles. 

Isonade (Japanese Mythology) : An enormous, shark like sea monster that hides beneath the waves in the oceans of Japan. It’s massive hook like tail and it’s fins are covered in sharp barbs. 

Nemean Lion (Greek Mythology) : The giant lion with impenetrable hide. This creature is killed by Heracles during his twelve trials, he later wears the skin of the creature as an indestructible cloak. 

Kamaitachi (Japanese Mythology) : Also known as the sickle weasels. These mischievous creatures are thought of as either wind spirits, or spirits that ride in on dust devils. They slash as people with their long, sickle like nails. 

Kappa (Japanese Mythology) : Typically means ‘River Child’, these creatures are demons or imps that reside in the fresh water. They are often described as having a pool of water above their hand, that reflects their habitat and their own life force and their power. They are said to be about the size of a child, and somewhat human like in figure, with reptile like scales, a shell,  a beak, and webbed hands and feet. They are usually either green, yellow or blue. Kappa are used to warn children about the dangerous of wandering near the water alone, as legends say the creatures will lure people to water before dragging them in and drowning them. They’re also said to peak up women's skirts, play pranks on human, attack humans, and even eat human flesh. All around, probably safe to stay away from Kappas. 

Kraken (Norse Mythology) : A famous gigantic sea monster that’s known for attacking and sinking ships. It’s often depicted as a massive octopus or squid, sometimes with terribly sharp teeth. 

Orthros (Greek Mythology) : The lesser known, but probably just as adorable, monster sibling to Cerberus. Orthros is the dog with two heads, instead of three like it’s more famous sibling. It guards the giant Geryon ‘s cattle. 

Odontotyrannos: A beast that supposedly killed or incapacitated many of Alexander the Greats men.  it had a black, horse-like head, with three horns protruding from its forehead, and  it exceeded the size of an elephant. Locals apparently called this beat the ‘Tooth-Tyrant’

Ophiotaurus (Greek Mythology) : The Cow Serpent.  So the Greeks gave horses a rest, and made up this thing, which has the upper body of a black bull, and the tail of a serpent. It’s said that whoever could kill this beast and sacrificially burn it’s entrails would gain the power to destroy Olympus and it’s gods. 

Pegasus: The Winged Horse. 

Phoenix :The golden bird who, at the end of its life, burst into flames only to be reborn again from it’s own ashes.

Thunderbird : The giant bird that creates storms by flapping it’s wings. 

Tikbalang (Philippines Folklore) :  A tall, bony humanoid creature with the head and hooves of a horse and disproportionately long limbs, to the point that its knees reach above its head when it squats. It’s said to lurk in the forests and mountains of the Philippines. They like to scare or play tricks on travelers. They can apparently be avoided by wearing your shirt inside out, verbally asking for passage, or being as quite as possible so as not to disturb them. 

Unicorn: A magical Horse with a single horn protruding from it’s forehead. 

Uchchaihshravas (Hindu Mythology) : A snow white, flying horse with seven heads. It’s said to be the best, or the king of horses. 

Yacumama (South American Folklore) : A massive sea serpent believed to live in the mouth of the Amazon river, and near by lagoons. It would apparently suck up and devour anything with in a hundred passes of it. Local natives would blow a large conch shell before entering the water, believing the sound would force the monster to show itself if it was present.

That’s all I’ve got! I hope you liked it, and I hope people find it useful, because honestly, this thing took wayyyyy more time then I thought It would! 

If anyone would like to add on any creatures I missed, or if you’d like to add something to any of the creatures that are already on the list, feel free too! 

Note: I’ve gone ahead and edited, and added a couple new creatures from African Mythology that someone recommended! 

[forksofwisdom]

What do you think witches and mermaids would have been like in the Twiverse? Do you think SM should have included other species?

Despite being a very pragmatic person, I am obsessed with mythologies of any kind, and I loved this idea so much that I took the time to do some research! And BOY did it get out of hands!

Note that I’m not a professional and most of my knowledge comes from scouring the internet, which is fraught with misinformation and I barely scratch the surface for the sake of brevity. I do mention things from my own culture - Icelandic folklore to be exact - but I encourage you to tag onto this post if you have something to add or want to make a correction! :D

I think SM kept a very narrow scope because she never intended Twilight to be anything more than a teenage romance between Bella and Edward. I for one am happy that she didn’t branch out beyond vampires, wolf-shifters, and the Children of the Moon because she was already on thin ice with her appropriation of the Quileute Tribe’s creation story. 

I also think that including more too many species and characters would have overwhelmed SM. Her side characters have spotty backstories, and I have a feeling that she wrote most of their history as an afterthought. Why else would SM have only mentioned Esme’s past in the Official Guide and not included the crucial information that Esme met Carlisle while she was STILL human in the story? 

If I’m honest, I would have loved to see different ending for New Moon and have SM do more character development in Eclipse. Bella’s quick recovery from her crippling depression was unrealistic in my opinion and her desperation to spend the rest of eternity with the Cullens seemed so shallow considering the fact she knew next to nothing about them and their past.

That being said, I still have some headcanons now that you got me thinking about this. I’m fascinated with the idea that some myths and legends around the world were born from encounters with real supernatural beings. 

Shapeshifters

Based on SM’s idea about the Quileute spirit warriors, there should be more types of shifters in the Twiverse since the Quileutes weren’t the only ones who founded their belief on having descended from wolves. 

Therianthropy is the mythological ability of human beings changing into animals via shapeshifting. This concept has been around for centuries, dating back so far that there are cave paintings that depict the transformation of men into animals. (x)

One of the most popular types of shapeshifting seems to be changing into wolves, and subsequently, there are a LOT of werewolf myths or The Children of the Moon as SM refers to them. (I’ve already written an entire post dedicated to them so I won’t talk about them here.) 

I won’t go much farther into Origin Stories than I have above since it’ll take over the entire post. There are so fricking many different tales, especially about randy gods - seriously, it’s wild - that it’s difficult to decide what would lead to becoming a Shifter and what would be considered fables in the Twiverse.

For the sake of clarity, I have made a short list below which includes a few types of shapeshifters from different cultures that people may be familiar with:

· In Chinese Mythology, it is believed that all things are capable of acquiring human forms through shapeshifting. There are the Huli Jing, which is a nine-tailed fox spirit, from which the Japanese derived their Kitsune (any fellow Naruto fan here???) and the Korean Kumiho.

· Selkies are a favorite of mine (Please watch Song of the Sea - I can’t tell you how many times I’ve cried during that movie) since they sometimes feature in Icelandic myths. Selkies are primarily thought to be women who live in the sea as seals but shed their coats and turn into humans on land. They aren’t able to shapeshift without their coats. Most of the tales aren’t happy and are about men who steal the selkie’s coats and hide them to coerce the woman into marriage.

· Nāga from Indian religions are thought to sometimes shapeshift from snakes, most often King Cobras, into humans.

Witchcraft

Witchcraft is tied to many religions, but as an atheist, I only have a layman’s knowledge of the practices that are still in use today. I’m highly skeptical when it comes to spiritual healing in real life, and I’m not at all a fan of the cult cultures that frequently surround religion.

Here’s a brief history lesson: 

Witches were the women who served the goddesses in the earliest centuries of human civilization and were revered throughout their communities. In the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, priestesses trained in the sacred arts and partook in the holiest of rituals. They were seen as benevolent, and wise women who helped deliver babies, and saw to people’s health.

What’s interesting about them is that they are so clearly understood to be positive figures in their society. No king could be without their counsel, no army could recover from a defeat without their ritual activity, no baby could be born without their presence. (x)

The fear of witches stems from the deep-seated misogyny born from male-centric and monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Judaism. The panic spread to Europe and spiked to a level of hysteria with the outbreaks of plagues. (x) Witch-hunts, especially in Central Europe, resulted in the trial, torture, and execution of tens of thousands of victims. About three-quarters of whom were women. (x)

Witch-hunts still claim thousands of lives every year, especially in developing countries that have an inadequate education system. (x) I recommend watching this documentary if you’re interested in learning about a Tanzanian witch-hunt that happened in 2017.

Keeping this gruesom history in mind, I think there would be hidden communities of witches and warlocks in the Twiverse. I’m not here to dictate what sort of magic they would use - I’ll leave the world building up to the writers!

Here are just a couple of examples of witchcraft:

· Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness to perceive and interact with a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world. (x)(x)

· Druidism is a spiritual or religious movement that generally promotes harmony, connection, and reverence for the natural world. (x) You can learn more about modern Druidry here: (x)

· Wicca is contemporary witchcraft and is one of the fastest-growing religions in the Western world today. (x) Wicca spirituality is earth-based enlightenment. Note that not all Witches are Wiccans. (x) I’m not a practitioner myself, but I quite like the idea of being more in tune with yourself and nature. You can take a test here if you’re curious to see whether Wicca would work for you.

In Iceland, we had what we called Völva (seiðkonur or seiðkarl, depending on the gender) who were seers. Most of their practices were based on herbalism and the use of runes. 

For those of you who are curious about Norse Mythology which hasn’t been altered by the likes of Marvel and Hollywood, I recommend reading Völuspá, which literally translates to Prophecy of Völva. It’s the fundamental source for the study of Norse Mythology because it tells the story of the creation of the world to Ragnarök (end of the world). You’ll also have the chance to learn some freaky shit about Loki - like that time he gave birth to a eight-legged horse - and see that he wasn’t really that much of a dick compared to the other gods *cough* Óðinn *cough* - also Þór once gatecrashed a wedding by dressing up as the bride. 

Mermaids

· Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. In other folk traditions, they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans.

The Little Mermaid (the H.C Andersen version) happened in the Twiverse and that is a fact!

· Sirens! (You thought I could go through an entire post without mentioning Greek Mythology??? Think again!) They were beautiful but dangerous creatures that lured the sailors with their beautiful voices to their doom, causing the ships to crash on the reefs near their island.(x) This connection to the sea is why many confuse them with mermaids when instead they were believed to be a combination of women and birds.(x)

I can totally see them chilling on Greek islands singing their songs and luring horny sailors to their demise.

Miscellaneous

· Huldufólk (hidden people) played a crucial part in Icelandic folklore. They were the spirits of the land and shouldn’t be confused with fairies. Huldufólk wore normal Icelandic clothing and used the power of words to cast spells on people - either blessing or a curse, depending on how they judge the person’s behavior. They lived inside the stones. To prevent any naughty behavior, it’s said that Huldufólk would kidnap infants and replace them with wizened old elves that pretended to be normal children. They would behave like wild brats, kicking and screaming, and nothing but a good beating could bring back the human child.

These oral tales were used to prevent many children from wandering away from human habitations and instilled fear and respect for the harsh powers of nature. (x)(x)

Contrary to popular belief, Icelanders don’t actually believe in the existence of elves, or anything tbh, we just like to mess with foreigners. So if you’re a tourist then “YES, I am a believer in elves. HoW DarE yOU qUeSTioN my FAith! You dare sit on our precious boulders? Tainting the sacred houses of our elves by touching them with your filthy behind!”

· Tröllskessur (mountain trolls) are usually female, hence skessur. Trolls turn into stone if the sunlight hits them and their tales were used to explain the natural phenomena in Icelandic nature, f.ex. a stone caught between two pillars or the outlines of a face on the side of mountains. (x)

Tröllskessur are extinct in my headcanon but I just think it’s nifty if these stories were true in the Twiverse. 

· DRAGONS! 

Don’t fight me on this!! I have no idea how they would be kept hidden in the Twiverse but they’re out there!

· Spirits (as in the soul) and Yōkai

I’ve watched Spirited Away too many times to leave them out of the Twiverse. They’re probably out there chilling somewhere in a Supernatural Spa Resort…

This was a fun question to answer, anon! Thank you for sticking with me to the end of this post! The sleep deprivation got to me in the end… ಥ∀ಥ

[sussex-nature-lover]

Wednesday 23rd December 2020

Our Garden etc. Birds. Part 2 The Comings and Goings

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Let’s start with our traditional ‘Christmas’ bird. The Robin is a member of the Thrush family and is related to both Blackbird and Nightingale who are all also well known for their singing.

Most Robins live a sedentary lifestyle, staunchly defending their own patch of territory from rivals. In fact, they have apparently been known to fight their own reflection or spar with an adversary to the death.

Many Robins won’t move more than 5km (3.11m) whatever the season. Some leave the UK for warmer climates before Winter arrives. Most of these birds are female, crossing the Channel to as far away as Spain or Portugal. They return to the UK with the warmer weather. No passports or Visas required for their wings  -  bit of a topical joke there: wildlife only obeys borders when it wants to.

We have numerous resident Robins here because we have such a large extent of suitable habitat surrounding the house and they know a good source of food and water for certain. It’s all very harmonic at the moment, but of course that’s subject to change when there’s more at stake.

Robin Facts:

Only for a short period in late summer while they are moulting and inconspicuous do robins stop singing. Both sexes sing.

As with the Nightingale, the song is usually delivered from a concealed perch within a bush or a tree, exposed perches are infrequent. Autumn and Spring songs are distinctly different. The Autumn song starts after the moult, from late Summer onwards. It is more subdued and melancholy in its tone, while the spring song is powerful, confident and upbeat.

The Spring song can start as early as mid-December, reaching full force in Spring. Its purpose is two-fold: to defend a territory and to attract a mate. Therefore, Spring song is far more powerful in males.

Robins are adapted to life in poor light and are often active in half-light when few other birds are about. They tend to be among the earliest birds to start the dawn chorus and one of the last to stop in the evening.

Street lights and floodlights can trigger singing in the middle of the night, and if roosting Robins are disturbed, they can burst into song even in complete darkness.

RSPB

In mild winters robins can start breeding as early as January although their usual breeding season starts in March.

Every continent has its own species of robins, but only the Japanese and Ryukyu Robins are closely related to the European Robin. 

Birdspot

Remember last week’s controversy about the colour of their eggs? If you missed it, THIS is the Blog entry you want. Don’t let the headline title put you off, it’s all in there, scroll down.

One of the most interesting facts about migrating Robins is how faithful they are to their territories. Many maintain both their summer and winter patches despite them being hundreds of kilometres apart. 

Of course the same is true in reverse. Resident birds are often joined by migrants from Scandinavia, Europe and Russia who avoid the most severe weather in their own countries. Along with other members of the Thrush family like Redwings, Fieldfares and Blackbirds, they arrive on British shores - usually along the East coast - once their own food supply has been covered by snow and ice.

When other garden birds migrate and return

At least 4,000 species of bird are regular migrants. That's about 40 per cent of the world's total. But some parts of the world have a higher proportion of migrants than others.

RSPB

Between September and March, 10-20 million Chaffinches fly here from Scandinavia and Western Europe. They can be differentiated from our resident Chaffinches by their foraging behaviour: searching for food in large flocks on open farmland. UK Chaffinches favour gardens, woodlands and hedgerows.

The UK also sees an influx of Starlings during Winter. Fleeing the severe cold in Eastern Europe, they seek solace in our abundant food sources and comparatively balmy temperatures. Numbers will trickle in throughout September, but the influx really kicks off during October. According to experts, one UK Starling roost numbered close to one million over-wintering birds!

In our own garden the most unusual bird we’ve seen visiting is a Turtle Dove, just the one and only on two occasions in subsequent years. Red listed as endangered and even on the verge of extinction it was a real thrill to see it and report the sighting to Operation Turtle Dove.

Turtle Doves have very distinctive plumage and beautiful voice quite different from other Pigeons.

The 12 Days of Christmas is a song that promises a great deal, but there’s a line that carollers may have to omit in future. Before a whole house of leaping lords and dancing ladies, the second day is supposed to bring two turtle doves. But dramatic declines in populations across Europe may mean that day two disappoints true loves in Christmases to come.

Only slightly larger than a blackbird, the European turtle dove is the UK’s smallest species of pigeon, as well as its only migrant species. You would be hard pushed to find turtle doves in the UK during December, as they spend the winter in sub-Saharan Africa, returning to Europe to breed in late April. With their return comes their gentle purring song, a long-standing sign of spring.

The Conversation 

Turtle Dove in our East Sussex garden - yes they are a real thing (for now)

Formerly a widespread breeding species in Britain, the Turtle Dove population in Britain has declined by over 90% since 1994.* The declines are likely linked to changes in agriculture on their breeding grounds in Europe, as well as hunting pressure in the Mediterranean region and possibly environmental changes in their wintering grounds.

BTO

UK decline 94% since 1995 - source Operation Turtle Dove.

Dangers include the fact that it likes to mainly feed from the seeds of weeds and the tidier our land becomes, the more their diet reduces...no one can say that we don’t do our bit Chez Nature Watch! and very sadly, recreational hunting in some parts of Continental Europe.

European Turtle Dove will no longer legally be killed in France this autumn, after the Conseil d'Etat banned hunting of the Vulnerable-listed species. On Friday [11 September 2020], the highest administrative court in France outlawed the practice for the 2020-21 season.14 Sept 2020 Birdguides.com

I really hope the ban continues and spreads far and wide.

You can read more about bird migration here from the RSPB. It offers loads of information and right at the bottom of that page you can also read more about Turtle Doves.

Of course, nothing for me tops the year we had Swallows take over the open fronted nest box in our porch. Getting photos was tricky as we didn’t want to disturb them - to the extent of taking a circular route to go up and down stairs and using our back door when we could.

I often wonder what happened to our brood. Just look at the BTO Migration Map. It’s an incredibly long and arduous journey, fraught with dangers. Apparently this year numbers here were down due to catastrophic storms off Greece in April or May. There did seem to be a healthy population in our neck of the woods though and I always look forward to seeing the migrants back again.

There was an interesting blog about this Summer’s situation Here from a bird food supplier in Hampshire.

Picture credit the BTO as above link

There were actually five in our brood and they all fledged successfully. The photos are fuzzy but given the low light, stealth and using only a little camera, at least I got a record of their Summer with us. I’ve always been so disappointed they didn’t return.

Most songbirds use a nest for just a single clutch or season, then build a new one – if they survive to breed again. But one study showed that most swallows returned to the same colony, with 44 per cent of pairs reoccupying the same nest. ... A good nest may be reused for 10–15 years by a series of different pairs.

Finally today I can’t finish without a big shout out for the BTO Cuckoo Tracking Project where you can get lots of information and also follow the whereabouts and progress of Cuckoos making their journeys backwards and forwards. Currently there’s information on Carlton II, PJ and Valentine.

Cuckoo Article from Countryfile. It’s brilliant.

I hope the last couple of Blogs have been informative as well as interesting. There’s certainly enough reading material to cover quiet moments over the Christmas break if you want something entirely different. I never pretend to be an expert in anything but do go to reputable sources for the links and enjoy increasing my knowledge as I research what to include.

Notes from the Kitchen: 

Last night we had a really delicious fish pie. We used Haddock and Salmon, leeks, peas and carrots, parsley and a savoury white sauce. I had thought about grating cheese on top of the potato and adding some thin slices of tomato, but didn’t get around to it...lazy!

Decoration from the Standen Courtyard Christmas Trees

A Pointsettia flower.

Personal details removed from label, the lady who crafted this is hoping to become a volunteer at the property in the New Year.

December 23rd Advent Door. Not expensive, just  Little Deer

The Nature Watch Nativity

MANY CHRISTMAS CAROLS make mention of the three kings, who follow a star and come to pay homage to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. In the Bible, they are not called kings, and their number is not specified—instead they are “wise men from the East.” At many courts in the east, including ancient Babylon and Persia, learned astrologers often served as priestly advisers, practiced in the art of magic. In the centuries since, the three magi have been interpreted as kings.

Taken from This Page where you can see an absolutely incredibly beautiful and ancient mosaic.

Carol of Choice from King’s College Choir, Cambridge 

‘We Three Kings’

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Noise and light pollution hinder bird reproduction

New research shows a link between increases in noise and light pollution and the timing of when songbirds nest, the number of eggs they lay, and other factors important to their reproduction.

The distant hum of a lawnmower on an early weekend morning or the glare of a streetlight through a window at night can be an annoyance, but for wildlife, noise and light pollution can impair their ability to communicate and forage, and disrupt their internal clocks.

“With noise and light, it seems almost innocuous; it’s not like dramatic habitat alterations. But it’s everywhere.”

For the new study, researchers combined thousands of songbird nest observations from volunteers.

“We already know that songbirds are facing threats from climate change, plus, they’re experiencing habitat fragmentation and habitat loss with more intensification of agriculture and urbanization. Even if we are able to address some things by adding habitat, our findings show that if there’s noise and light pollution, birds might not breed well there,” says Caren Cooper, associate professor in the forestry and environmental resources department at North Carolina State University and a study coauthor.

Songbird reproduction in light and noisy places

The study provides the most comprehensive picture yet of the impact of human noise and light pollution on birds in North America, and how these factors interact with or mask the impacts of climate change.

The findings were drawn from 58,506 nest observations for 142 different species of songbirds in the continental United States. The observations were gathered across 14 years by volunteers who participated in a citizen science project called NestWatch, run by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

“There’s no single scientist who collected all of these data,” says Cooper, who directs the Citizen Science Campus program at NC State. “Even if all of the scientists involved in this paper went out there to monitor birds around us, we would never get 60,000 nests around the country. It required having eyes and ears and these nest monitors collecting data where they lived.”

Researchers combined the nest records with continental-scale noise and light-pollution maps. It was a big data challenge that created the opportunity to combine citizen science and geospatial analytics, says coauthor Jelena Vukomanovic, assistant professor in the parks, recreation, and tourism management department and a faculty fellow at the Center for Geospatial Analytics.

“With noise and light, it seems almost innocuous; it’s not like dramatic habitat alterations,” Vukomanovic says. “But it’s everywhere.”

In response to light pollution, researchers saw that birds had different responses depending on traits such as their ability to see in low light or their habitat. Birds with better vision in low light benefited from light pollution, showing an increase in hatching success and likelihood of successfully raising chicks that fledged from the nest. Researchers say these species could be using light to hunt for food more effectively.

Earlier egg laying

When they looked at birds by habitat, they saw that birds that nest in open areas like wetlands or grasslands began laying their eggs a month earlier on average when exposed to more light than those in darker areas. For birds that nest in forests, egg-laying began about 18 days earlier in lighter areas.

That could mean chicks are hatching before there is enough food to feed them, researchers say, but that situation is complicated by climate change—with food available earlier due to warmer weather. The researchers hypothesized that birds nesting in areas with more light may be tracking climate change better than those in dark areas.

“We discovered that birds advanced the timing of their reproduction in response to increased light pollution actually have better reproductive success,” says Clinton Frances, a biology professor at California Polytechnic State University and one of the lead authors of the study.

“A likely interpretation of this response is that light pollution actually allows these birds to ‘catch up’ to the shift toward earlier availability of food due to climate change.”

Considering the impacts of noise pollution, researchers found that increased noise in forests meant songbirds nesting there laid fewer eggs and were less likely to successfully raise all of their chicks.

Human-generated noise could be affecting male mating songs, especially in forests where they tend to sing at lower pitches. The female birds could have more difficulty hearing male birdsongs through low-frequency human noise.

“For noise pollution, it’s not just the volume; it’s not just about it being noisy,” Cooper adds. “There are anthropogenic noises that are known to have an effect on stress, sleep, circadian rhythms, ability to communicate—whether it’s loud like a jet flying overhead, or soft like the hum of traffic.”

The study appears in Nature. Additional coauthors are from NC State and California Polytechnic State University.

Support for the study came from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science.

Source: NC State

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☾SEIKO ARTEMIS☽

✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ┌─────────┐ ❨Ｂａｓｉｃｓ❩ └─────────┘ » Name: Seiko Artemis » Name meaning: {Exquisit moon hunter}~~ Seiko is a Japanese word meaning "exquisite" or "success" ("exquisite" is usually written 精巧 from Chinese jīngqiǎo, while the meaning "success" is usually written 成功 from Chinese chénggōng). Artemis [artemis] as a girls' name (also used less generally as boys' name Artemis) is pronounced AR-te-miss. It is of Greek origin. Mythology: name of the Greek goddess of the moon, of hunting, and of chastity, equivalent to the Romans' Diana. The other two virgin goddesses were Hestia, goddess of the hearth, and Athena, goddess of wisdom. Name of the granddaughter of Lady Diana Cooper, perhaps as a tribute to the grandmother. The variant Artemisia is the name of a shrub common in America. It is also the name of the colorful 17th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. » Nicknames: sei » Date of birth: March 13 when I first drew her » Zodiac: Pisces – February 19th to March 20th – This is the Light, Revealing the Light of Life Itself. It ends forever the Darkness of Matter. Pisces is a Water Sign ruled by Neptune and Jupiter in the conventional man, and Plutoin the disciple. With Pisces you will find a patient, perceptive, spiritual, peace-loving and imaginative person who is considerate and sensitive to the feelings of others. Pisces like to influence others through their compassionate, charitable and imaginative natures, but they are often influenced and vulnerable, because these sensitive personalities of astrology signs absorb the emotions of others easily. One would say they are easily influenced or impressionable. Pisces need to develop more discrimination with people to curb the impressionable nature of those born under this personality of astrology signs. It’s their indecisiveness, timidity, melancholies and feeling they are misunderstood that stands in their way. It gives others the impression they are pessimistic lost souls. Pisces often lack clarity and practicality. This is an artistic, creative and psychic sign with a keen imagination. Often this sign is a dreamer with an unworldly intuitive side. The soul lesson is to learn and accept, "I live my life through accepting what IS." It’s not about changing or fixing. It’s about accepting with compassion without taking on thenegative issues of others. For most Pisces, acquiring wealth is a means to an end rather than an end in itself. Pisceans are devoted parents, and spouses who take very good care of their family and friends. They show compassion, caring and understanding without complaining. The dual fish sign is often a victim of their own choices. Your Piscean child will often have imaginary friends who they converse with regularly. Pisces child may appear clingy or needy because of their strong emotional attachments to family. They need emotional support and love from their family to feel secure. They will excel at whatever they puts their mind to. The Piscean worker is personable, easygoing and charming. » Age: 23 » Gender: adrogenous They/them However female but how funny would it be if no one was sure if Seiko is female or male » Species: al'bhed » Sexuality: bisexual » Virgin?: hasn't dated so yes » Nationality: Asian (in final fantasy 10 Rikku and yuna look more Asian than white SO ..) » Native language: al'bhed » Other languages: Her mom taught her English before she passed away as well as her dad ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ “*never trust robots*” ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ ┌─────────┐ ❨Ａｐｐｅａｒａｎｃｅ❩ └─────────┘ » Height: 5"5 » Weight: 115 (?) (She's taller than me sooooo) » Hair color: silver (she was born at thunderplains) » Hair style: short ➳ ➴ ➵ ➶☾✧⋰ ⋱✧☽➳ ➴ ➵ ➶ Faceclaim lefabulous_killjoy Gray hair with neon blue, neon green, yellow, orange, and red subtle streaks in her short hair » Eye color: lightest blue yet not white » Skin color: pale » Piercings: none » Tattoos: none » Scars: faint cuts and scratches from the wild and bandits from her home » Birthmarks: none » Make up: none » Body scent: earthy in smell or oil since she is a inventor ...coffee in mornings (but at the start she was curious and broke the coffee machine ...not many of our normal necessities exist where she is from where it's a small island and everyone has to invent things) » Face & Body description: voice: smart and boyish adrogenous and lean » Outfit/Attire: She often wears her al'bhed attire. Pinstripe jacket. Red Dusty scarf. Dusty combat boots ..white pants ....gray shirt.. But she has several attired to fit situations ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ ┌─────────┐ ❨Ｐｅｒｓｏｎａｌｉｔｙ❩ └─────────┘ » Personality description: melancholy yet has snarky tendencies. Genius. Always in her mind which makes her very thoughtful and sweet hearted » Mental stability: quick witted » Sane or Insane: sane » Passive or Aggressive: both Optimist or Pessimist: pessimist however both at times » Religious or Atheist: atheist in a way being half al'bhed » Habits: breaking things to put back together RIP YOUR PHONE ..HIDE YO THINGS » Pet peeves: bossy individuals People who think they are better (she is competitive) » Soft spots: direct take charge types (she is shy to romance) » Deep dark secrets?: she killed bandits... Who are people » Likes: inventing things ..curious people whom are just like her » Dislikes: being treated as weak » Obsessions: tearing things apart to put back together » Sexual position: [asexual shy] Dominant or Submissive: submissive » Sexual turn-ons: take charge types being surprised » Sexual turn-offs: name calling and abuse ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ “*this dream is dangerous*” ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ ┌─────────┐ ❨Ｓｔａｔｓ❩ └─────────┘ » Strength: 6/10 » Intelligence: 10/10 » Charisma: 6/10 » Agility: 6/10 » Eyesight: 10/10 » Endurance: 5/10 » Wisdom: 7/10 » Alertness: 10/10 » Willpower: 10/10 ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ “*times are tough but I am tougher*” ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ ┌─────────┐ ❨Ｆｉｇｈｔｉｎｇ Ｓｔｙｌｅ❩ └─────────┘ » Passive or Aggressive: both » Weapon(s): crossbow on right dagger left » Weapon description: it's kinda like assassins creed but she made them herself ..crossbow dagger » Close or Ranged combat: both » Magic?: no » Magic type: uh she can make bombs? » Magic description: .........kaboom..? » Shapeshift?: no » Alternate form: no » Magic background: none ..her weakness [C]✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ “*I don't take orders I barely take suggestions*" [C]✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ [┌─────────┐ ❨Ｒｅｌａｔｉｏｎｓｈｉｐｓ❩ └─────────┘ » Mother: was a Summoner » Father: was al'bhed » Brother(s): none » Sister(s): none » Pet(s): none » Other relatives: didn't know them » Love interest(s): multi ship » Children: none » Enemy(s): (depends if it's a final fantasy rp) » Rival(s): (depends if it's still a final fantasy rp) ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ “*don't change yourself to make others happy*” ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ ┌─────────┐ ❨Ｂａｃｋｇｒｏｕｎｄ❩ └─────────┘ ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ A prevalent blessing of the Yevon faith ~Praise be to Yevon! [C]✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦ [C] the people of Spirafollow the teachings of Yevon. The faith is named after Yu Yevon [ju 'jɛ.vən] (エボン・ジュ, Ebon Ju?), a summonerwho lived in Zanarkand one thousand years ago. Nearly all the peoples of Spira follow the teachings of Yevon, including the Ronso and the Guado (converted during high summoner Braska's Calm by Jyscal Guado and Kelk Ronso as part of Grand Maester Yo Mika's "sub-races appeasement policy."). The Al Bhed are an exception and are viewed as heretics by the autocracy for their use of machina, a practice forbidden by the church. As for the Hypello, whether or not they follow Yevon's teachings is never explored. Yevon draws inspiration from real-world religions, such as Shintoism (practices and temples), Buddhism (iconography and ritualistic disciplines), Islam (pilgrimages) and Catholicism (hierarchical structure and rigid doctrine). A practitioner of the Yevon faith is referred to as a Yevonite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (i hadn't thought out her past extremely well honestly) Seiko's mom, a Summoner fell in love with a al'bhed. A race who is not accepted by yevon. Forcing to make the choice of no longer being a Summoner or leave the al'bhed man. As a Ex summoner she had Seiko. Obviously couldnt couldnt bare no longer being with the man she chose him and often ridiculed for such a choice. Living in thunderplains bandits often were all over but her parents felt as though they were fine. Then bandits broke in. Seiko was only 9. Her mom had her crawl out a window to go to a inn and Seiko didn't want to leave her mom and dad, leaving her to fall and hurt her leg. Seiko gets a distance away to see the bandits leave catching her home on fire. She lost her family. She then goes to a inn where the inn keeper looks after her. She saves up her allowance while working in the inn to go follow her dreams. Machine faction. Seiko often would invent odd things to travelers who stayed in the inn as her own business and gained gil. She created her own personal hover and went to djose to become a factionist. Her skills were praised...She's a genius. Which sparked jealousy among other Al'bheds. When the machina went haywire the others saw opportunity to get rid of Seiko whom was blamed and due to all the complaints without proof.. Gippal demoted her to dig in bikanel. Oaka the 23rd found the inventor and they traveled together as merchants selling seikos inventions until the debt collectors came. With nothing and no one she had no choice BUT to go to bikanel to dig. ~~while digging she finds a ancient machina which teleported her somewhere else [insert your home here] ┌─────────┐ ❨Ｔｈｅｍｅ Ｓｏｎｇ❩ └─────────┘ nomak- moonflow [Seiko's song|https://youtu.be/hKKmly7fbhQ] ✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦✧✦

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Burma's Naga People And Kaing Bi

Largely unknown and practically separated from the rest of the sector stay in the north-west of Burma in a remote and for foreigner almost absolutely inaccessible a part of the us of a tribal those who were inside the no longer too distant past recognized and feared as very professional and enthusiastic head-hunters: The Naga.

Burma has a mess of various indigenous ethnic companies but no longer they all are recognised by means of the Burmese government. Those regarded are grouped in eight most important organizations of as they are formally known as 'Major Ethnic Races'. These are subdivided into 135 one-of-a-kind ethnic groups (tribes). The Naga human beings are considered one of them. They include 14 Naga hill tribes together with the Kanyaks, Angamis, Aos, Chang, Rengmas, etc.

The domestic of the Naga people is Nagaland. With 6.401 rectangular miles/sixteen.579 square kilometres the largest a part of Nagaland is positioned in the north-easternmost a part of India wherein the western Naga people have their personal, separate, self-governing kingdom in the Indian Union. The Naga have  representatives inside the Indian countrywide parliament and the small town of Kohima is their capital. The Indian a part of Nagaland is inside the west and north-west bordered through Assam State, inside the north-east by means of Arunachal Pradesh State and inside the south by means of Manipur State. In the east, it's far bordered by way of Burma in which the smaller a part of Nagaland lies.

A huge place of the Burmese a part of Nagaland is as inaccessible because the Indian element. It is extremely mountainous, densely wooded and interspersed with deep river valleys Custom Made Jewellery. It stretches alongside the Burmese/Indian border in the top Chindwin River vicinity into regions of the Kachin State to the east and inside the northernmost a part of Chin State. Accordingly, the significant majority of Naga people are dwelling in the Indian a part of Nagaland, that is greater densely populated than the Burmese a part of Nagaland. With recognize to the whole length of the Burmese a part of Nagaland no information were available to me.

The general number of all Naga human beings (Nagaland India and Nagaland Burma collectively) is not exactly recognized. The general populace of Nagaland in India is understood to be about 2 million (how many of them are tribal human beings I can't say) but the wide variety of Naga human beings making their domestic in Burma (the japanese Naga, 4 important tribes and 49 clans) isn't always recognized. Figures between 70.000 and 500.000 are in movement however consistent with my research the variety of Naga in Burma is maximum probably somewhere among a hundred and fifty.000 and 2 hundred.000.

The 5 largest towns, villages or townships in Burma's Nagaland are Khamti, Lahe, Layshi (Lashee), Nanywun and Htamanthi. The first place to arrive whilst coming to Nagaland is Khamti. From there it's far viable to maintain to the other locations.

With appreciate to the early records of Nagaland and the starting place of the Naga not a good deal is understood. It isn't always clear whether they have got a not unusual or numerous ethnic historical past. Since the people of Asia, specially of South-East Asia, are a whole lot extra numerous than the ones of different continents it is tough to discover. Depending at the sources in Burma tapped one hears approximately Karen connections, Chin members of the family and/or Tibeto-Burman (Mongolian line) beginning. Personally, I favour the latter.

Getting to and into the Burmese part of Nagaland calls for first of all a right permission issued by means of the relevant government, secondly an experienced neighborhood manual and thirdly to be pretty adventuresome; it is tough visiting and not anything in the way of extremely good consolation is to be predicted, no longer to mention luxury.

Although certain things of contemporary lifestyles inclusive of plastic luggage, plastic robs and ribbons, recorded song and agree with it or not films or even karaoke have already discovered their way into a few places of the not so easily reachable Nagaland the Naga people are certainly one in all this earth's maximum-untouched-by using-current-life-individuals who nonetheless grasp firmly to their old traditions. Since they seem to be happy with their manner of existence this is a good aspect. But as a good deal as it is suitable that the vintage customs and manners in addition to ideals are stored alive and practised there are truly limits to what one thinks worthy of upkeep. And so it is comforting to recognise that e.G. The culture of head-looking - which as I am sure became the principle reason for the Naga's no longer being the various 'top-ten' of those tribes that many humans were inquisitive about getting closer familiar with - changed into abandoned not goodbye ago and is in present-day Nagaland now not practised anymore.

Although outlawed underneath British rule inside the Nineties, headhunting changed into still practised by means of the Nagas at the least till well into the 1940s. Headhunting become critical for the Nagas because they believed that the possession of a killed character's (enemy's) head, which they thought is the vicinity where the 'mio' (soul) is placed would result in the transference of the respective (unfortunate) character's strengths and courage to the victorious warrior what could increase wealth and fertility of the only having taken the head. Also, having taken heads did appreciably enhance the popularity of a warrior.

By the via, the Naga tribes played a position no longer to be underestimated in importance all through WWII. More exactly phrased inside the context of the liberation of Burma from the Japanese militia by using the British with support of American and Chinese forces. As General (later Field-Marshal) William J. Slim in his e-book 'Turning Defeat into Victory' observes: "... Energetic aid of the local tribesmen. These had been the gallant Nagas whose loyalty, even in the most depressing instances of the invasion had by no means faltered. Despite flogging, torture, execution and the burning of their villages, they refused to useful resource the Japanese in any way or to betray our troops. Their active assist to as became beyond fee or reward... They guided our columns, amassed records, ambushed enemy patrols, carried our supplies, and taken in our wounded beneath the heaviest fire - and then, being the gentlemen they were, frequently refused all payment. Many a British and Indian soldier owes his lifestyles to the bare, head-hunting Naga, and no soldier of the Fourteenth Army who met them will ever think of them but with admiration and affection."

But the Naga human beings aren't best nicely versed inside the artwork of jungle warfare. They are also widely recognized for their prowess in crafts broadly speaking woodcarving, fabric and basket weaving and to a few exceptional extent metallurgy and metalwork. These arts have advanced from doing matters out of necessity in preference to the intention to supply something beautiful. Let us take, as an instance, the stunning blankets and shawls the Naga's are weaving and wearing. They are an crucial item of apparel mainly at some stage in very bloodless (although seldom freezing) winters inside the mountain regions. Both, girl and male alike use those blankets as a body wrap or material. However, the designs of male blankets range from the ones of female blankets.

The designs also vary from tribe to tribe and sub-tribe to sub-tribe as they imply tribal affiliation. The Naga price those body cloths notably and they may be surpassed down from generation to technology for which motive quite a few of the proudly worn blankets are valuable heirlooms. The cloth these blankets are made from is wool. The basic color-sets are broadly speaking red and black, orange and black, crimson and blue, pink and inexperienced in addition to white, pink and black. The colorings used are very bright, bright and bold. The design factors are predominantly geometric pattern including crosses, squares and stripes. The blankets do occasionally have a band depicting animals (often painted) going for walks from one side to the opposite through the blanket's centre. Materials used to embellish the blankets are small glossy and brightly coloured cowrie shells organized in circles and/or double circles, lines and stick figures and artfully stitched unto the blankets.

The cowrie (cypraeidae) is a marine mollusc with a easy, domed shell with an extended, slim and toothed opening. The name is derived from the Hindu name 'Kauri'. The cowrie mussel is common to tropical waters and specially the yellow-white colored cowrie shell (cypraea moneta) of the so-known as 'money-cowrie' turned into previously among others in Asia substantially used as foreign money. But even better prized than the cowrie shell is some of the Naga the bigger conch shell.

The conch (circle of relatives strombidae) is a marine mollusc. The call is carried out to many species of marine snails. The authentic conch has a robust spiral shell with overlapping whorls, which may additionally endure long, claw-like projections and a flared lip. Parts of the conch shell are used as jewelry (worn by way of males and females alike), necklace clasps or are used to make a headdress. As for woodcarving, the Naga humans carve the whole lot from bowls and pipes to plates, ladles, caskets, and so forth. And are famous for sculpturing respected people which includes deceased family participants and warriors. The statues are clothed in conventional attire and decorated with Naga headdresses and brightly colored beaded necklaces. Among collectors these wood Naga sculptures are already very excessive prized objects. The Naga follow their big woodcarving competencies also in terms of the ornament of totems. Totems and totem poles play an important role inside the Naga lifestyle simply as it is within the cultures of e.G. North American tribes of crimson Indians. Naga humans have a good time plenty of gala's but 2 of the foremost gala's are the Hornbill Festival inside the first week of December and Kaing Bi the Naga Lunar New Year in January.

Let me now tell you a bit about Kaing Bi, the Naga New Year. The Naga New Year is, simply as all the other Naga festivals, a drawn-out, completely happy circle of relatives affair and no one whether or not antique or young, man or woman, boy or lady is ignored; even infants are carried 'papoose fashion' at the backs or hips in their mother and father or other older family contributors. The Naga New Year pageant right is on January 14th and fifteenth the previous being the day of the outlet rite the latter being the professional New Years Day and the day of the grand final. But the celebrating of the Naga New Year isn't restricted to these  days.

The party clearly starts about one week before whilst the tribal humans attending and/or actively taking part inside the birthday party of the Kaing Bi competition have 'practice session ceremonies' in their villages previous to their leaving for the township where the respective Naga New Year pageant takes region

The pageant venue is selected yearly by using the Naga Festival Committee 'assisted' by way of the government 'extending a beneficial hand'. The area in which the celebrations are to take vicinity is chosen among Khamti, Lahe, Layshi (Lashee), and Nanywun and something problems there is probably among the numerous Naga sub-tribe cultures, one of the traditions that every one of them proportion is the joint birthday celebration of the Naga New Year festival. Subsequently, all tribes do irrespective of whether their domestic is in the Indian or Burmese a part of Nagaland and regardless of how a long way their village may be from the pageant location, meet within the days earlier than the Naga New Year which will put together and rejoice this pageant together. Nothing can prevent them and lots of them have a long and tiresome journey thru dense jungle and over steep mountain paths before them. Their adventure is made even more hard as they do not handiest must carry themselves and their toddlers but also the whole thing they need from bedding to food, cooking utensils, to garments, adornments and what-have-you.

Finally, all of them make it to the festival city or village and in case you think they arrive exhausted and wiped out after their days-long march uphill and downhill thru the jungle and dense forests you're useless incorrect. They make their arrival a tremendous show and a most mind-blowing entry. In the best of spirits and not displaying any signal of fatigue they proudly and energetically present themselves inside the first-rate light possible; and of route both men and women are dressed in their very first-rate, traditional pageant finery along with a colorful costume (regularly with cowrie decoration) and as for the guys a really astonishing head tools.

[myth-lord]

What humanoid creatures did ya cut?

Short Answer: Abarimon, Aegipan, Atosis, Bugbear, Capelobo, Cecealia, Cercopes, Cuca, Gwyllion, Mad Gasser, Onocentaur, Yacuruna and Yowie, 

I give you a better answer, these are all the monsters I once used and now don’t. These are the monsters I think are either to similar to other creatures (and no good as upgrades, evolutions or related creatures) or I just don’t like them anymore and found other creatures for their roles and abilities.

NOTE that I use the MYTHIKA descriptions for the creatures, not the real myth variants, while many are probably the same as the myth, some are changed a lot.

ABAASY (Demon)(Hungarian) – Fachen-like Demons that ride on two-headed, six-legged, twelve eyed and tailed drakes. ABARIMON (Humanoid)(Medieval European) – Cannibalistic humanoids with backward feet that are very swift.ADHENE (Fae)(Manx) – Very arrogant and vain faeries.AEGIPAN (Humanoid)(Ancient Greek) – Merfolk with goat-like features, in Mythika much like sea Satyr.AETERNAE (Demon)(Medieval European) – Horned demons which use their own bones as weapons pretty much like Marrow from X-men.AETOS (Beast)(Ancient Greek) – Giant cruel Crow/Vulture birds that eat organs, damage done by these birds will quickly regenerate so the birds can endlessly eat your body.AGRIUS (Giant)(Ancient Greek) – Giant Lycanthropes and werebears.AKASHITA (Elemental)(Japanese) – Cloud monsters, in Mythika the pre-mature form of Planetnik (the living storm)AMAROK (Beast)(Inuit) – Enormous wolf monsters, very similar to the story of Gaueko.AME-ONNA (Undead)(Japanese) – Drowned women that walk around with a weapon-like umbrella and which can summon water and rain.ANZU (Chimerae)(Sumerian) – Lightning Chimerae composed of Lion and Bird parts, much like a reversed Griffon.AO AO (Chimerae)(South American) – Half peccary and half sheep, stands up like a humanoid, very gluttonous.APAOSHA (Demon)(Zoroastrianism) – Demonic Pegasus of drought.ASWANG (Undead)(Philippine) – Ghoul like creatures that can detach their claws, head and torso, becoming an swarm of body-parts. ATOSIS (Humanoid)(Native American) – Lizardmen with Gila Monster features, they are shamans and warlocks among lizardfolk.ATTORCROPPES (Fae)(German) – Snake-like faeries with powerful venom and a love for snakes.AZIWUGUM (Chimerae)(Inuit) – Armored Walrus-Dog creatures with very powerful tails which can instantly kill a victim.

Atosis love to cook their victims after they ripped away their will and sanity. 

BABI NGEPET (Beast)(Indonesian) – Greedy boar monsters which are magnetic and pull in all types of treasures onto their bodies.BALDANDERS (Aberration)(German) – Chaotic shapeshifters which can take the form of any object they have seen or touched. I used them as Mimic (D&D) in Mythika.BANASPATI (Undead)(Indonesian) – Gigantic flaming skull monsters that feed on fear.BASAN (Beast)(Japanese) – Giant terror birds with fire abilities.BAS CELIK (Angel)(Turkish) – Angels of evil emotions and with iron features and wings.BEITHIR (Dragon)(Scottish) – Much like the D&D Behir, a combination of dragon and centipede with lightning abilities.BERGKONGE (Dragon)(Norwegian) – Shapeshifting mountain dragons, also a variant of Erlking.BICORN (Beast)(Medieval European) – Fat panther-like cows with two unicorn horns on their heads, they grow fat on eating unfaithful people.BLACK ANNIS (Fae)(English) – Your typical forest hag, tall as an ogre and with blue skin as hard as steel.BLACK HOWLER (Fae)(North American) – Giant black puma’s with sonic abilities and horns. BLACK TAMANOUS (Ooze)(Native American) – Black oil-like oozes which take human hosts and turn them into cannibals. BOCANACH (Demon)(Irish) – Black Satyr’s which music makes other creatures very hostile, aggressive and which starts wars. Then the creature feeds on the lost souls of the death.BONNACON (Beast)(Medieval European) – Burning bison’s which breath fire, they also poop fire bombs, everything about them stinks and burns.BOOBACH (Fae)(English) – Small bogeymen which love to scare their prey with scary faces. BOO HAG (Fae)(Gullah) – Skinless Night Hag which haunts dreams and which wears the skins of her prey. I use them in Mythika as Nocnitsa. BUGBEAR (Humanoid)(English) – Nasty hairy bear-like goblins which are extremely grumpy and cruel but which have good bonds with all types of beasts.

Bocanach play very depressive songs on their flutes, turning any village into a battlefield. 

CAMAHUETO (Aberration)(Chilote) – Disfigured sea unicorns which appear like seal/cows with a narwhale like horn. CAMULATZ (Beast)(Mayan) – Enormous parrot monsters which love to decapitate their prey.CAPCAUN (Giant)(Romanian) – Your typical bridge and toll troll. CAPELOBO (Humanoid)(Brazilian) – Humanoid anteaters which feed on brains with their tongues.CATH PALUG (Fae)(Welsh) – Size-shifting cats which can take the form of small cat, panther-sized cat and giant-sized cat.CECAELIA (Humanoid)(Unknown) – Merfolk which combine humanoids with octopi. CERASTES (Beast)(Medieval European) – Sand serpents that swim in sand.CERCOPES (Humanoid)(Ancient Greek) – Twin monkey-human hybrids, they love to steal and always work together to get what they want.CHIPFALAMFULA (Beast)(African) – Gigantic fish with an entire city of merfolk inside their bodies. Everything they swallow will transform into a mindless merfolk that hunts for their new Chipfalamfula master.CHOUKESHIN SWARM (Vermin)(Japanese) – A beautiful but deadly swarm of butterflies that feed on life energy.COCKATRICE (Chimerae)(Medieval European) – Half rooster and half lizard, poisonous skin which transform flesh into fossilized stone. CUCA (Humanoid)(Brazilian) – Crocodile humanoids which behave much like child-eating hags.CUEGLE (Aberration)(Spanish) – Three eyed horrors with one blue one green and one red eye. They also have three arms without hands.

How can something so beautiful be so vile and horrid? Choukeshin Swarm.

DECARABIA (Demon)(Ars Goetia) - Giant demonic crownofthorn-starfish demons.DRAC (Dragon)(French) – River and Lake drakes which bodies are mostly made up of water plants and which lure prey in with illusions of treasures.

ENTULLA (Beast)(Medieval European) – Very wild and rampaging antelopes with dangerous horns, they are all the hostile energy of nature put into one being. ERYMANTHIAN BOAR (Beast)(Ancient Greek) – Enormous wild boars.

These are no mere beasts, they are all of natures madness, aggression and wild energy put into one vessel, so nature itself could get rid of it. Entulla.

FEAR DORCHA (Fae)(Irish or Scottish) – Shadow Fae humanoids which are the perfect stalkers, spies and assassins. FOSSEGRIM (Fae)(Norwegian) – Blue haired male water nymphs which drown people and lure them in with their instruments and music.

GA-GORIB (Beast)(African) – Gorilla monsters with a strange skin that rebound anything shot at it, they live in strange pits. GARM (Demon)(Ancient Norse) – The hound of hell.GAWIGAWEN (Giant)(Philippine) – 5 headed war giants that often fight in armies for demons.GENDERUWO (Giant)(Indonesian) – King Kong sized (and behaving) Sasquatch monsters that use humanoids as toys.GLOBSTER (Ooze)(Oceanic) – Sea oozes made of death whale blubber. GUDIAO (Beast)(Chinese) – Unicorn birds of prey.GWYLLION (Humanoid)(Welsh) – Female mountain goblins.

This horrid, stinking mass of aquatic sludge is been feasted on while it feasts on its predators at the same time. Globster.

HAAKAPAINIZI (Vermin)(Native American) – Giant grasshopper bogey’s that kidnap and eat children. HAERMORRHOIS (Beast)(Medieval European) – Blood serpents, which poison forces all the blood from the bitten victims body.HOOP SNAKE (Beast)(Fearsome Critter) – Giant snakes which bite their tail and like a wheel roll over their victims.HRIMFAXI (Beast)(Ancient Norse) – Frost HorsesHROSSHVALUR (Chimerae)(Iceland) – Half horse and half whale, loves to crush ships with its ramming ability.HUALLEPEN (Aberration)(Chilote) – Much like some disfigured cow-calf mixed in with a seal, looking at this lake monster will disfigure you.HULDRA (Fae)(Scandinavian) – Fox nymphs with hollow backs.

IJIRAQ (Fae)(Native American) – Small snow bogeyman with powerful illusions and which always wear skulls of powerful creatures such as Wendigo.INDUS WORM (Vermin)(Medieval European) – White water worms.

Creatures that follow one of Ijiraqs illusions are never seen again. 

JACK-O-LANTERN (Plant)(Worldwide) – Variant of Scarecrow with a head of a burning pumpkin.

KEYTHONG (Chimerae)(Heraldry European) – Wingless Griffon species that hunt like velociraptors.KLUDDE (Fae)(Belgian) – Bat winged wolves which gaze will put dangerous hallucinations inside the minds of victims.KOBOLD (Elemental)(German) – The gnomes of earth, can control the element earth and shape it into any form they desire.KORI (Beast)(Colombia) – Giant green aquatic anteaters which tongue turns earth into water.

Like a pack of wild Raptors the wingless Keythong take down a powerful Unicorn with ease. 

LUNANTISHEE (Fae)(English) – Evil Faeries covered in thorns, with plant-like skin.

HALA (Elemental)(Bulgarian) – Whirlwind hags of storm and cold.

MAD GASSER (Humanoid)(Modern Legend) – Insane humanoid which uses gas to kill its prey. MINKA BIRD (Fae)(Australian) – Beautiful birds of paradise which make victims obsessed with them in their dreams.

NACHTKRAPP (Beast)(German) – Roc-sized raven/crow bogeysNACHZEHRER (Undead)(German) – Vampires which are like a living voodoo doll to anyone they drank the blood from. When they hurt their own bodies, the voodoo-connected victim is hurt in the same way.NIAN (Chimerae)(Chinese) – Enormous golden lions with a unicorn horn. NODEPPO (Fae)(Japanese) – Flying squirrel evils that spit out realistic illusions in the form of swarms of bats or spiders.NUE (Chimerae)(Japanese) – Chimerae that combine the face of a baboon, the body of a tiger and and the tail  of a serpent. They can turn into black clouds and invade the dreams of their victims.

All these creatures do is spit out horrifying illusions and deadly lies. Nodeppo.

ONOCENTAUR (Humanoid)(Medieval European) – Centaurs with the lower body of a mule/donkey and the upperbody of an orc, they are very hostile.

PELESIT (Vermin)(Malay) – Grasshopper monsters with the face of a humanoid, they enter a hosts body and transform it into a Apocalypse Locust.PSOGLAV (Demon)(Serbian) – Bizarre demons with horse legs, a jackal or dog head and a single eye. They were demons of Famine.

SARKANY (Dragon)(Hungarian) – Dragons of storm and lightning, they can turn into a humanoid-looking storm demon.SEITAAD (Elemental)(Native American) – Sand elemental monsters SERPOPARD (Chimerae)(Egyptian) – Half serpent and half panther with a very long neck and strange poison. SHACHIHOKO (Chimerae)(Japanese) – Half carps and half tigers.SHARALE (Demon)(Russian) – Non ice-based Mahaha demon of the forests.SIN-YOU (Angel)(Chinese) – Unicorn fallen angel that hunts for sinners, even if it is a minor sin. They absorb the sins from anyone they kill.SIRANIS (Aberration)(Persian) – Horrid monsters which use sound as weapon.SKOTUMODIR (Aberration)(Iceland) – Mother of all ray-fish, looking like some mutant ray horror.

It is like fighting the entire desert at the same time! Seitaad.

TCULO (Vermin)(Roma) – Swarms of small land-based urchin monsters that enter bodies and spread diseases.TEUMESSIAN FOX (Beast)(Ancient Greek) – Very swift giant foxes which have very good evasion abilities and which are impossible to hit with ranged weapons.TREE OCTOPUS (Plant)(Internet Cryptid) – A plant in the form of an octopus.TSEMAUS (Beast)(Native American) – Sharks or Orca Whales with very sharp dorsal fins.TUPILAQ (Construct)(Inuit) – Small bone idols which have a link with their creator and which kill for their creator, for their tiny size they have the strength of an ogre.

This creature the size of a small doll has the strenght of the most powerful Ogres. Seeing this little thing snap a human in half like a twig is something out of a horrid nightmare. Tupilaq.

USHI ONI (Demon)(Japanese) – Oni spirits that invade crabs, they look like crabs with a minotaur-like head.

VATNAGEDDA (Beast)(Iceland) – Golden Flounder fish with extreme poison, they even kill ghosts with their poison.VETALA (Undead)(Hindu) – Vampires that feed on intelligence and brains.VILKACIS (Undead)(Latvia) – Spiritual werewolves which enter the bodies of beasts and turn them into very powerful and monstrous horrors. Much like a beast-type poltergeist.

I can possess any animal, and humans are animals to. Vilkacis.

WANI (Dragon)(Japanese) – Dragon winged crocodiles, swamp dragons.

YACURUNA (Humanoid)(Brazilian) – Merfolk (with legs) which ride on crocodiles and which have giant aquatic serpents around their neck as living jewelry. YANAGA-BABA (Plant)(Japanese) – Giant willow trees which use hag-like dryads as their spies, they spread sorrow, misery and sadness into their environment, turning any area into a swamp of sadness over time.YOWIE (Humanoid)(Australian) – Red haired evil sasquatch monsters that are very filthy and cruel. YPOTRYLL (Chimerae)(Heraldry European) – Half boar, camel and behemoth, often used by Berserkers in battle (they are in mythika as mount for the upgraded Berserker)

All you need is sadness child. Yanaga Baba.

ZIBURINIS (Elemental)(Lithuanian) – Undead fire elementals which invade a host and burn it from the inside out with pure hatred. ZORIGAMI (Construct)(Japanese) – Animated clocks which control minor parts of time.

Feel my hatred burn you from inside out infidel! Ziburinis.

[lost-archivist]

FULL NAME: Leonardo Remington  

MEANING: Leonardo- Portuguese, Lion-bold

       Remington-English, Reming- boundary stream and -Ton settlement

NICKNAMES: Leo

MEANING: Lion

AGE:  Frozen at age 23

BIRTHDAY:  September 26th, 1748

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

GENDER: Male

ALLERGIES: To much pollen, cucumber, polyester  

SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Bi-Sexual THEME SONG: To be chosen 

APPEARANCE: Bright red hair, usually tied into a short pony tail. Emerald green eyes. Two piercings on left ear. Black tattoo on his back. Porcelain pale and smooth skin. Lithe body shape. Age appearance of someone that is 23.  

HAIR COLOR: Fiery red

HAIR STYLE AND LENGTH: Bangs framing face at chin length while back is usually tied back with a green ribbon. It’s length stops just at the top of the shoulder blades.

EYES COLOR: Emerald green.  

HEIGHT: 5"6’

WEIGHT:  137 pounds

OUTFIT/CLOTHING STYLE: Usually in shorts, boots, and green jackets and shirts. When working in hiding side bags are usually worn to hold books and pens. When observing up close they are more likely to be left behind.  

DISTINGUISHING MARKS (SCARS,MOLES): Black tattoo on his back starting at the nap of the neck and stopping just above the rear. This mark is from his mother’s favorite book. She had a smaller version of the tattoo on her hip.

FIRST IMPRESSION ON PEOPLE: Usually greeted with a warm smile and very kind. He is very polite.  

SKIN COLOR:  Pale white  

BODY TYPE/BUILD: Lithe  

DEFAULT EXPRESSION: Light smile, soft eyes

POSTURE:  Sits up straight  

PIERCINGS: Two on left ear

DESCRIBE THEIR VOICE: A males voice they is a touch higher. He has a light British accent.

RELATIONSHIPS

MOM: Rue Remington  

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG: Rue and Leo were close when he was born. She taught him how to read, write, and look at the world with wonder. However she died from an outbreak of yellow fever when Leo was 9 years old.  

DAD: Blaxton Remington

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG: They would butt heads at time because Leo would prefer to read and learn instead of take up a sword to fight for his country or to hunt. Died in a war when Leo was at the age of 13.

SIBLINGS: Ainsley, Younger Sister

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG: They were inseparable and worked together under their mother to gather herbs and read. She died 2 years after his mother of yellow fever.  

CHILDREN: None

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG:   

PAST LOVER(S): Engaged to a women by his father’s choice. Romanced and bed one female and two males.  

CURRENT LOVER: None

REACTION TO MEETING SOMEONE NEW: Excited  

ABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHERS: Works well with most people who are of good nature. Patient with those who want to fight or struggle to do so.

HOW SOCIABLE (LONER,ETC): Can be loner between death of friends, but out going to meet new people.  

LEAST FAVORITE TYPE OF PERSON: Thieves, lairs, people who are mean or rude for no reason, people who uses others for their own needs.

PARENTAL TYPE (PROTECTIVE,ETC):  Protective, loving, and loyal.  

PERSONALITY

..WHEN YOU FIRST MEET THEM: Kind and polite  

..AS YOU KNOW THEM BETTER (AND THEY LIKE YOU): Bubbly, almost childish in curiosity, humorous  

..AS YOU KNOW THEM BETTER (AND THEY DISLIKE YOU): Cold shoulder and avoidance  

FAVORITE COLOR(S): Deep greens and pale blues

FAVORITE FOOD(S): Green tea, Pavlova, Kiwis, Shrimp Alfredo pasta  

FAVORITE ANIMAL(S): Praying Mantis Shrimp and Red Panda  

FAVORITE ELEMENT: Water

LEAST FAVORITE COLOR(S): Gray, brown, pink

LEAST FAVORITE FOOD(S):  tomato soup, ribs, and foods usually with barbecue sauce.  

LEAST FAVORITE ANIMAL(S): Raccoons, moles, and rats

HOBBIES: Writing/Calligraphy. Drawing/Painting. Tending to/learn about plants. Creating and binding his own books.  

USUAL MOOD: Relaxed and content  

DRINK/SMOKE/DRUGS: Never smokes or does drugs. Very low tolerance to alcohol.  

DARK VERSION OF SELF: Quite and distant from others. Usually filling books with random and dark scribbles and drawings.  

LIGHT VERSION OF SELF: Kind and warm to others. Close to his true self.  

HOW SERIOUS ARE THEY: They can be serious when something is wrong, but otherwise they are curious about the world and humorous.  

CLASS IN AN RPG: Mage

BELIEVE IN GHOSTS: Has recordings of a few within his books  

(IN)DEPENDANT: Independent  

VULNERABILITY:  Mortal wounds. Talking about his mother. Destruction of his books.

OPINION ON SWEARING: Does not mind swearing of others, but rarely uses it himself

DAREDEVIL VS CAUTIOUS:  He can be a daredevil to satisfy his need of curiosity, but cautious if he feels it may be life threatening  

MUSIC TYPE: Piano and Violin  

MOVIE TYPE: Older black and white comedy movies.  

BOOK TYPE: History and philosophy. Greek being his favorite.  

COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE: 68F

SLEEPING PATTERN: Usually sleeps from 10-7. Morning person and sleeps on their side.

CLEANLINESS/NEATNESS: Likes to put things away and have things tidy. Is not bothered by small messes.  

DESIRED PET:  Corgi 

HOW DO THEY PASS TIME:   Reading, writing, taking care of plants, observing the world and history around them, and sharing what history he can to those who will listen  

BIGGEST SECRET: Killed a lover that turned against him by attempting to kill Leo.

HERO/WHO THEY LOOK UP TO: His mother

WHAT ANIMAL WOULD THEY BE: Owl

FEARS:  Seeing his friends die. Being alone. Rats. Illness.  

COMFORTS: Tea. Warm blanket. Books. Someone running their fingers through his hair.  

HOW DO THEY REACT TO…

DANGER: Cautious and try to plan their way out of it. If this fails try to fight back or flea.  

SOMEONE THEY HATE WHO HAS A CRUSH ON THEM: Politely tell them they are not interested. If this fails then avoidance. Lastly tell them to leave them alone they don’t want them.

PROPOSAL TO MARRY: Blush heavily and start to ramble about silly things  

DEATH OF LOVED ONE: Sorrow and tears for a little while before moving on and accepting their death  

DIFFICULT GAME/MATH/ETC: Enjoy having a problem before them to have to think through  

INJURY:  Try to care for it themselves but would not hide it

SOMETHING IRRESISTIBLY CUTE: Depending on what it is, may blush lightly. Would want to touch it. Will observe and probably draw it. Talk about it to a friend.

HISTORY

BIOGRAPHY: Born in the Kingdom of Triniel in 1748 to a middle class family. His mother was a herbalist and taught him about plants as well as other things such as literature and the arts. He grew up happy and curious. Catching any animal he could. Traveling with his mother and sister to gather herbs to help heal others and reading any book he could get his hands on. By his 6th birthday his father had enough of his only son acting in such away and began to harden his life and force him to start sword and horse riding lessons. With his father being in the army they were tough and strict. He was always clumsy with a sword and suffered many bruises from his lack of talent in close combat.

Shortly after his 9th birthday his mother fell ill. He struggled to keep her alive with the medicine he created with the knowledge he had on them. When she looked like she was going to live she passed away in the night. He was devastated and wanted nothing more than to hid away to grieve and move on. Before he had the change his father had enough of such silliness and pushed an engagement upon him to a low level noblemen to boost the families reputation and income. Leo rejected this and did not want to marry her or anyone else that he didn’t care for.  

However he was forced to live up pleasantries because he want the income for his family to help keep his sister fed and healthy. Courting her and moving on with plans of a marriage. When His sister passed away he rejected the marriage and once more isolated himself as he grieved. His father had enough of this and set the wedding to be once he returned from the war that began to rage with the neighboring kingdom over the lush lands and wealth within Triniel.  

Leo ran away from home shortly after his departure and did not hear about his death until years later. However this lead to him meeting Alden. Alden Was an archivist that was wondering the area for and took the child in to have a home and live how he wished. Alden never mentioned what he did until Leo’s 18th birthday so his judgement would not be clouded by childishness nor of the events when he was a child. Leo knew this was a big event and spent till his 23rd birthday living like an archivist before fully accepting the task and what he come with.  

KNOWLEDGE

LANGUAGES:  English, Latin, and French are his strongest. Knows Spanish and Japanese. He knows bits and pieces in other languages but is not fluent.  

SCHOOLING LEVEL: Only what he learned from his mother and Alden. Rest self-taught.  

FAVORITE SUBJECT (S): History, philosophy, flora, and fauna  

INTERESTED CAREERS: Herbalist, Librarian, archivist, historian, writer  

EXPERTISE: Calligraphy, writing, history  

CHEMISTRY: Horrible at human body, chemicals, and other topics other than flora and fauna.  

MATH: Loves a good problem to work through, but not a strong point.  

LANGUAGE: Diverse in many languages

GEOGRAPHY: Experienced  

POLITICS/LAW: Interested in the topic and how it changes history

COOKING: Excellent as cooking many different foods that he was able to record

MECHANICS: Weak point as he prefers older items.  

BOTANY (FLOWERS): Highly experience

MYTHOLOGY: Highly experience  

DRAMATICS (ACTING,SINGING):  He is not the best actor but has a pure and clear singing voice, he is a Tenor

READING LEVEL: Very complex  

HOW GOOD ARE THEY AT PLANNING AHEAD: Leo tries to plan ahead as much as he can. He is a little flexible at changing plans.  

ROMANCE 

DO THEY TAKE INITIATIVE: Leo doesn’t often take it, but can if the opportunity presents itself

HOW DO THEY ACT (SHY,ETC): They are shy and bashful at first. When comfortable cheesy and goofy.  

GENTLEMAN/LADYLIKE VS KLUTZY: Gentleman  

GO SLOW VS JUMP INTO: They prefer to know their partner before jumping to higher steps.

PROTECTIVE: They are protective of the ones they love

ACT LIKE FRIENDS OR LOVERS: Lovers who take care of each other and are there for each other. Laughing and happy.

WHAT KIND OF PRESENTS DO THEY BUY: Books, English biscuit, teas, potted plants. However once he learns more about them and their interest he will try to buy things they like.

TYPE OF KISSER:  Gentle kisses

DO THEY WANT KIDS: Yes

DO THEY WANT TO MARRY: Yes 

MAKE GOOD OR BAD DECISIONS: Try their best to make good decisions

ARE THEY ROMANTIC: He loves being romantic with those who choose him

HOW ARE THEY IN BED: Very little experience. Years since last. However he can flip between gentle and rough depending on what he desires to satisfy his needs.

GET JEALOUS EASY: Not very likely, he trusts his partner not to go behind his back. But defensive of those who try to flirt with his lovers.

WIFE/HUBBY BEATER: NEVER. They are precious to him.  

MARRY FOR MONEY: Never. He doesn’t care for such greedy things.  

FAVORITE SEX POSITION: Against wall/bookshelves.  

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THEIR DREAM DATE: Go somewhere cold with their loved one and relax by the fire. Laughing and teasing as they watch the starry night and falling snow.

OPINION ON SEX: Pleasurable and enjoys having such moments with his loved ones.